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A Catalogue and Difcovery of many of the
Errors5Herefies, Blafphemies and pernicious Pra-
fticesof the S^ftaries of this time, vented and a&ed
in Snglandm thefe four laft yeers.
Alfoa particular Narration of divers Stories, Remark
able PafTage?5Letters; anExtraft of many Letters, all con
cerning the prefent Se<5bj together with fomc Obfervations
upon,and Corollaries from all the fore-named Premifles-
By THOMAS EDWARDS Minifter of the Gofpel.
The third EDITION, corrcfted and much Enlarged.
i T i M. 3 . 8,9. .Ttyiv at Janncs a/z^/Jambrcs tvithflood Mofes , fo do thcfc alfo rcjisi the
truth : men of corrupt mt;idt,reprdbate cexccrjjingthe Faith.
B/tt they fiall proceed no fun her, for their folly float be manifesto ailments theirs a{fo-tvis.
a P E T. ». i,. 2. But there rvcrefalfe Prophets alfo among the people, evert as thire jho.ll be
falfc Teachers af»a/ig you, tvbo privily jball bring in damnable He rffisy c-ucn deny in f the
Lord that bought thenij a/id bring upon thcmfelvt sfveift dcftrnflion.
And manyfbdl follow their pernicious rvayesy by rcafon of whom the wiy of truth fiM be
ev'dl /pofonof*
] u D E verf. 19. Thcfc be they tvbi feparatc themjelve^fcnfuall, having not thc/pirit.
in EpiJi.adGalat. Miledifla fit charitasjquz lervatur cum jachira doflrirs fidei, cui omnia
r edere debcnr, Chiritas, Abollolus, Augelus e coelo.
Lutheri Epiji. ad SttHprtitftu. Nonliic tcmpus timcndi, lcdcliraandi,ubiDominus noftcr JefusChriftus
daranatur, exu tur & bb/phematur :mi parergraniliuscft periculum quam credanc ranlci. Invcniar
fine fupcrbus, avarus33dultcr,hoinicidia,antipapj, & omnium vitiorumrcus, modoioipii filcntii non
ar^uar, dum Dom'mui fatitur.
L 0 N D 0 N, Printed bvr. K. and£.Af. for Ralph Smith, at the fignof the Bib.'c
in Cornhill near the Royall Exchange. M. D C. X L V 1.
Reader,
THat thou rnayeft difccrn the mifchief of Ecclefi-
afticall Anarchy, the monftroufneffe of the much af-
fcdtcd Toleration , and be warned to be wife to fobri-
ety , and fear and fufpeft the pretended New Lights, I
approve that this Treatife , difcovering the Gangrene of
fo many ftrange Opinions 3 fhould be imprinted.
»
JAMES CRANFOR.
TO X H F
RIGHT HONOURABLE
THE
LORDS and COMMONS
AfTemblcd in PARLIAMENT.
Right Honourable and Ncblc Scnaiours,
Here prefent you with a Catalogue or TSlack^Billofthe Errours,
Herejies, Blafyhemies,<indPrattices of theScttarics of this titnt,
broached andatted Within the fe four laft years in England, and
that in your Quarters , and in places under your Government
i and Power, fir Which 1 trcmhle to thinke left tbt whole King-
domjhould he in Gods Black^Bill : I much fear left the fubjctt
matter ofthu Catalogue may prove unto England (unlc fie feme
dj and cffettuall courff be taken to prevent it) like the Bill of Divorce Divert lo
JfraelJer..3.8./% the Roll of the Bookjommandcdf-omGodto be written ^Jeremi
ah againft Ifrael and Judah Jcr.jd.a.//^- the Roll of a Bookjcnt by a hwdtoEzekicl,
Ezek.2.p,ic. wherin WM written, lamentations, mourning and wo\or like the hand
writing upon the wallagainft Bellliaz.Dan.j .y.tf- the flying Roll in Zcch.c.y.v. 1,2. a
curfe going over the fae of the whole land. And unto Whom, Right Hov Durable, Jbould
Iprejent and make known thcfe things, but unto Tott,\\'ho are the fttpreme Judicatory
of thu Kingdom, having that fufficiency of Power, which only liable to remedy andrc-
drcfte them, who are our great phyficians, and have been wont to cure the war ft ma-
ladies and difeafes of our Church and State who are by GodhimjelfftiledGQ^,and
therefore fbould above others lay to heart and be fcnfiblc of the injuries and di fa
vours done to God and his name. And I humbly pray your Honours to bcare with
me in my addreftes thx waj+at having no other meanes but this, of acquainting You
with the fad ft ate of things in our Church .- And yet 'tis neceffary Toufiottld hear
of thefe things, fir as "tufaidin the Prophet Jeremiah, concerning the making of
that Rollfr may be the houfe of Judah will hear all the evill which I purpofe to
. do toihem,that they may turne every one from his evill way , it may be they will
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prefent their fupplications before the Lord,that he may forgive tlieir iniquity and
their fin \fo It may be fame good may come ofthx Book, to caufe an humiliation
1vr3and afttpprejfion ofherefies andfchimes, at being a more free and full difcovery
of our times then ever jet was made ,and therefore I fend It abroad 'in thit way,
whereby it may be read by all Judah : and'! doubt not but fome faithfull Baruchs,
who are not fhut up, but do preach before You on Faft dtiyes, will caufe You to hear
the words of this Bookjn the Lords hou[e,by applying them to your confidences, and
makinv them a Catalogue of fins for matter of humiliation to you on thofe day es}
jbowin? how far they may become yours in fuffering without punifoment andcen-
fure too many of them. And now , Noble and worthy Senatours, be gracioufly plea-
fed to pardon the boldneffe I jball take in dealing plainly with you in this prefent
Epiftle , and not toimpute it to any malignity and dififfettion to your' fervice, or to
peremptory fiucineffe , 'and difrejpett of You , (fir be fides that fome worthy Mem
bers of Parliament to whom I am known can teftifie the contrary, all my zs4&lons
from the beginning of Your fitting, my Sermons , Prayers , Frayfes, Difcourfes ,
Attinvs for You fbeakotherwife : I am one who out ofchoife and judgement have
imbarkedmyfelfwithwife, Children, Eft ate, and all that's dear to me in the fame
fhipwithYou, to finkeandperifiy, or tocomefafeto land with You, and that in
the mo ft doubtfull and difficult times, not only early in the firft beginning of the war
<md troubles, in a malignant place among Courtiers, and thofe who werefervants
«nd had relations to the King , Queen and their Children, pleading Your Caufe,
jufttfy ing Your wars, fatisfying many that fcr up led : but when Your affairs were
& loweft, and the chance of war againft You, and feme of the Grandees and favou
rites ofthefe times were pack^g up , and ready 'to begone, I was then higheftand
Woft^a!ousforYcu,preaching,praying,ftirring up the people to ftand for you by
ffoinr cut in per fa, lending of money , i» the later going before them by example •
jtndas 1 r.-tivf been your Honours moft devoted ferv ant, fo am J fl'ill yours, and
-you cannot eafily lofe me ; and I do humbly lay my felf and Book*t the feet of your
wifedome and piety, fubmitting both to your pleafure* but to the matter and contents
eftlii* Book, *vdfo the prefent ft ate of things. J am bound andftirred in ftirit, to
fee the people fo given to errour andfchifme, and the^eal of Gods houfe and glory
Con(lrainsme,andlcanno longer forbear ft eakingmy Whole heart toyou.The evills
cfthis kjnde are grown tofuch a height as there is no more time for filence , or for be.
In? afraid but of crying out and freaking plainly. And I am confident when your
Honours have read over my Book ( M J humbly Jefireyouin the fear of God
tindfor the rlory ofChriftto do,as Luther betefkl the readingof anEflftle ofhv)
thatwillbeajuftApologie with you for my feeneffe and bodneffe. 0 the evil of
theCe times would put z>eal into the heart of any man, who hath any love to the glo-
7 ofGod^trvth^dthefottls of people, mdmkf tfafammwng tongue tofteaJ^
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•frfelylyeathedumbctofye'akjtrid cry out. Crcefusfon who TVM born dumbe, when
/•"' /•» • . / • // / .' . TJ _ j. I /L -/._ ..u-J **-.**** J *.***. f~\ £.•_*// — - 4. • ^«*y-«l»io a*A*4 vt --v*i
&ejttwott£.£
"when our }
andblafthe
the filence and flattery that is infucha time as thu : for now things are grown to
4 ftrangepaffe, (though nothing!* now ftrange ,) and every day they grow worfe
.andworfe, and you can hardly conceive and imagine them fo bad M they are; n<>
klnde ofblafthemy, herefie , difordcr, confujion, but either t* found, among its. or a
£ owing in up on its; forweinfieadofa Reformation, are grown from one extreme
to another, fallen from Scylla to Charibdis,/r0w Popifc Innovations, Stiperftitions,
and PrelaticallTyranny,to damnable Herejies, horrid BLifyhemies, Libcrtinij'me,
andfearfull Anarchy; our evils are not removed and cured, but only changed; one
difeafe andDivell hath left us, and another <M badx come in the room ; yea, tlis
lafl extremity in which we are fallen, u far more high , violent and dangerous in
many refoeffs ; all which in an £piftle cannot be contained, but are laid down in
the following Bookjn many places, fyecially in the eleventh C0r0/A<ry.Luther in an
Jpi/?/^foSpalatinus, calls Want of free dome in a ^//«/7?^3irremifliblcpeccatum,
an unpardonable ftn; and filence in the neglecting of truth, a wicked filcncc ; and in
An Epiftle to Staupit ius/^;?^,Let me be found any thing,a proud man,an adultc-
rer,murdercr, and guilty of all wickednefle, fo as I be not convicted of wicked
filence whilft the Lord fuffers. The confederation of which, makes me well content-
cdtorun the venture of being accounted proud, fluey, peremptory, andofincurrivir
the hazard of your difyteafure by jpeak^ng freely {thoitch I hate better things)
thenjo let the glory and honour of Chrift and ki-s truth fuffcr any longer 'by my
'frteiwk;for I call the moft High GOD to witne^e, that (fo far as I know my own
heart] what freedomc I here ufejn laying open the ft ate oj things before you, is not
out ofanyftnifter refyett, or any p/eafure I take in thif liberty (Jor- J have hjdms.~
tty carnall reafonings andconfltfts in my Jpirit againft n^but only out of the qreat
neceffity of the times,, moved thereunto out of love and^al to the glory of Cod
«ndhxtruth,my faithftilneffe to your Honours, compajjion to the fouls of thofe for
•whom Chrift dyed, and the delivering of my own foul in the difrharg'e of my con-
fcience. Great Perfons, as Princes, Nobles and Cottnfe Hours, through their high
tlaces -multitude of affairs, flatteries, are Cub- T ,- s
- J JJ ,.Jr . J. Tantis & tarn eximijsviftuns ornamentis en -
ytt to great failings and infirmities , as both tuit,tum Epifcopus, turn Imperatcr : Utrun-.q;
Scriptures, and all Hi fortes JJiew : but this S?iIhJl^Ii?r'^"'
_* . ** ui i; 1/c.f uicm ) o\
hath been the praife and honour of fome of cntiam. ^4»^TJ
f their faults, they have laid it to heart. Pum ci §tiui" eo nomine. Tantutn comrtoJi re1
~\T Ll~ c . L J pnhenlio a viro virturerr*ftaDri ad-
Noble Zmyeronr had many luaapponaiefoict. ^.£^.^.1.
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infirmities , M.ihat cr ttett fa& of hi* againjl the inhabitants o/Theflalonica, as
hx being angry out ofmeafure again]} the people of Antiochia , M kit lenity to.
wards Arians, \Vhom be permitted to keep Conventions in chief Cities • but in ali
hx faults tki* « obferved and admired by the Ecclefiafticall Hiftorians who -writ
ofhim,that he ever gave place to Vvholfome admonitions, and amended upon being
dealt with, M by Flavianus Bifiop of Antiochia, Amphilochius BIJbop oflcont
urn, Ambrofe Eifhop 0/Millain ; and he took^ Ambrofes liberty of freaking to him
fo Vi>ell,that he did not only give him thanks, butfaid of him to bit praife, I have
at length found a mafter of truth, for I have known Ambrofe only a Bifiop wor
thy of that name. It was one of the fins of the Prelates and Court Chaplains (for
which among othersGod hath caft them out}to flatter, and the fin of the Court, that
the Minifters that preached there, muft fing placenta, ffieak^faooth things. 'NOW
far be it from fuch a High Court of Parliament AS you, ( who above other Tarli-
aments are In folemne Covenant with God for Reformation, Nationall, Domefti-
call, Perfonall, and have profefred to engage jour hearts for God and kit Vcork^ J
and from the Minifters whoftandup for you, and adhere to you, to be faulty in
the Jams kinde : Be p leafed therefore in the midft of your many great affairs
which evenfwallow you up, and by reafon of which you have not time to hear and
know all things concerning the State of Religion, tofujfer one of your daily Re
membrancers to God, to be Gods Remembrancer to you. You have, mofl Noble
Senatours, done Worthily againft Papifls, Tretats andfcandalous Adinifters, in
cafting dowe Images, Altars, Crucifixes, throwing out Ceremonies, &c. but
what have Tou done again ft other kinds of growing evills, HereJie,Schifme, Dif-
erder,againft Seeker s,Ana.baptifts,Antinomians, Brownifts, Libertines and other
Setts? Tou have d"flroyed Baal and his Priefts^but have you been zealous againft
golden Calves, and the Priefls oj the loweft of the people ? are not thefe grown up,
and day ly increafe under you ? are any effettuallmeanes ttfed againft them ? Tout
have made a Reformation , and blefad be God who put it into jour hearts to do
fuchthings-jbut with the Reformation have we not a Deformation , and worfe things
come in upon m then ever we had before? were any ofthofe monflers heard of here
tofore , which are now common among m ? Of denying the Scriptures , pleading
* Soel^ intit. Toleration juftified, fage, for a Toleration of all Religions and worftjips,
-jJt.printeJimteujl January. + yea for blafyhemy and denying there Ma God.
Tou have put down the Book^ of Common Prayer : and there are many among iu
have put down the Scriptures , flighting,yea blafyheming them. Tou have broken
down Images of the Trinity, Chrift, Virgin Mary ,Apoftles : andwe have thofe who
overthrow the Doflrineofthe Trinity, oppofe the Divinity of Chrift, jpeakjvill of
the Virgin Mary , fleight the Apoftle s. Tott have caft out the Bifljops and their
Officers : and we have many that caft down to the ground all Minifters in all the
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Reformed Churches. Ton have caft out Ceremonies in the Sacraments, M the
Cro fie, kneeling at the Lords Supper : and we have many caft out the Sacraments^
Baptifme and the Lords Supper. Ton have put down Saints dayes : and W<? have
many make nothing at all of the Lords dayes , and F aft dayes. Ton have take*
away the fuperfiuoiu exceflive maintenance of the Bifiops, Deanes : and\*ehave
many take away and cry do^fn the neceffary maintenance of the A4inifters.In the
JBifbopsdajfs'tof had finging of Pfalmcs taken aVvay infome places, conceived
prayer, preaching, and in their room, Anthems, ftinted forms andreading brought
in-,andnowV?e have finging of Pfalms fyokrn Afainft and caft out of fome Chur
ches, yea all publike prayer queftioned, and all^ninifteriall preaching denyed. In
the Bifiops times Popify Innovations Vvere introduced, a* bowing at Altars, &c.
and now \\>e have anointing the jick^ Vfith Oyle • then ttv had Bifoopping ofch'Jd-
ren,now ttv have Bijbopping of men and Vtomen, by ft range laying on of hands, as
is related in thu following Book^. In the Bifiops faycs Vfe had many unlearned
Minifters, and have \Ve not »oW a company of Jereboams Priefts ? In th? Bifiops
dayes V?e had the fourth Commandement taken a^ay , but now ttv have all ten
Commandments at once by the Antinomians • yea all faith and the Gojpcll deny-
fd,asby the Seekers. The \\>orft of the Prclatsjn the midst of many T>opifb, Ar-
minion tenets, and Popifo Innovations, held many found dottrines, and had many
commendable practices ;yea the very * Papifts hold and * Calvin inftraaio Ad/crfu.
keep to many Articles of faith and truths of God, have Li^rcino$}cjp.4.p,ig.io4.
fame order among them, encourage learning, have certain fixed principles of
truth, Vvith praftifes of devotion and good Veork*', but many of the Sfth and S fit a-
ries in our dayes, deny all principles of Religion, are enemies to all holy Duties,
Order, Learning, overthrowimg all, being vertiginofi fpiritus, Whirlfgigg (pirits I
And the great opinion of an univerfall Toleration, tends to the laying of all Vfafte,
and di ffolution of all Religion and good manners. Noty are not the fe Err ours,
Herefies and Schifmes, flats and blots in our Reformation ? do they not blemifi
and caft a dart^Jbadow upon all the light part ? are they not the dead flies in the
Apothecaries ointment, fending forth a ftinking favour? are they not the reproach
.,
cenfe their erroneous opin^nddaringto give intofome
of your hands Juch Books as t u a. Jbame to (peak^of ? be- /cr<Jt* <"'»"• BcokjboHt Bap
tnglttfo alone , that they are gro^n up to many t hounds ffiZffiSfy TJ^-J
both in City and Country. Chrift in Revel. 2. ip. highly »»*<*'<*%.
commends the *Angel of the Church o/Thyatira/or kit Works fervice, faith, pat i-
hut yet reproves <wd threatens him for fvffcring without pttnijbment
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falfe doctrines to be taught , and diforders to be praStifed in the Church - But I
have afew things agamftthee,becaufethou fufterfthat woman Jezebel which
calleth her felf a Prophetefle, to teach and to feduce my fervants : And fa plea-
fid to obfcrve what truth that Scripture holds cat, namely, that a connivence and
faflering without fHnifljmsnt falfe DoBrines and, Diforders, Perfons to preach
•whom God hath not called, and to preach Errours, Hereftes, blemifies and dafies
the mo ft glorious works, and provokes God to fend judgements ; a Toleration doth
eclipfe and darken the glory of the most excellent Reformation. God accounts
nil thofe err ours, hereftes, fchifmcs, &c. committed in a land, but let alone, and
fuffered without punifiment by thofe who have authority and power, to be the fins
of thofe who have power, and he will proceed againftthem as if they \\>ere the au
thors of them. A man comes to be pertaker of other mensfins, by countenancing,
confeming and filtering \\ithott punifimnt, as M as by formally committing
* Amef Animad. in Kemonftr. Synodal. Script, them. * Solomon in I.King. IT. from Ver I
fuper Am:. 5 dePcrfe^Dnt'torum jcap-7.de Solo- + L i / ^ j 7 • , r n't*
ironc. Cemimeft solorronem non FutroduxiOc foI5' u counted byGodto be guilty of all the
autadmifincidoijindomumDei, r.eq; adeg'-fle Idolatry committed by his \\>ives and their
populum uc vefD.ivcrnm cultum ddererent, r // J \ ,,/.-,..,. . .
veicolerciK icola;neq5 probari poceft eum in fus \ J°Uojvers , and accordingly (jodu angry with
propria perfona coiuiffe fdola. Hoccantumcer- him and threatens him, becaufe beintr a
iumeftdecjusidololatria.quortihfatuatusa tnu- -rr,> / i j • / • ; i ;• i •
Jieribus idololatricis permifeiir eas conatucre. J^tng,he had power in hli hands to hinder ltt
Aquinas in Ephef. 5. u. iftis ergo nolitc com- not that Solomon did brin<r into thehoure
municare imitando, ccadjuvando, corifenticndo r/~> j TJ / ' J i i
sedccrtehocnon iuffidt, nifi etiam eosrepre- of God Idols, or ever commanded the people
*)e"<Jatis- to for fake the Vtorjbip of God and to worfiip
Idols, or that he did in his own perfont worjbip Idols • This only is, certain, that he
fuffered them to build Altars , andfacrifice, toflrange gods . Ephef. 5. 12. 'tis the
command ofGod^o have no fellowftiip with the unfruitfiill works of darknede,
that is, not by confenting,helping,imitating &fufferingthem without reproof', Now
a fifagiftrates reproving,is by ttfing coercive power to punifo andfuppreffe evills9
as is evident in the example of old Eli to his fans, Vcho though he did reprove by
words, yet becaufe he punifoed them not, he WM partaker of their Jins, and was fe
ver ely punifoed by God for it, i. Sam, 2. 23,242,5. chap. 3.13.14. Now, Right
Honourable , though You hold none ofthefe Opinions, prattife not thefe wayes, nei
ther command any ofthefe things, but have put out Declarations, Vcherin there are
fame paffages againft Anabaptifts, fBrownifls and other Setts, andmade Orders
*tnd Ordinances for the preventing and remedying of many ofthefe evills • Of that
Order «/Febr. 16.1643. That Minifters fuffer none to preach in the places where
they have charge, but fuchas they will be anfwerablefor; as the Ordinance a-
gainftthe preaching of Perfons not ordained in this or fame other Reformed Churchy
as the Ordinance of not printing Without Licenfe • yea upon complaint have qttefti-
oKed and troubled fome Seftariesfor their grrotirs and perniciotK Prattifis \yet
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notWithftanding there is a ft range unheard offuffering and hearing With them, and
fitch a one, a,! 1 beleeve all things considered , never was there the like under ar.J
Orthodox Chriftian Magiftrate and State. Han- do fctts and fchifmes incrcafe
and grow daily , Se&aries doing even -what they will, committing infolencies and
outrages, not only againftthe truth of God and the peace oj the Church, hut the Ci~
i' ill ft ate alfo,going ftp and doWn Countries , caujing riots, yea tumults artddiftur-
bances in the pub I ike A families ! hoW do per fans cafl out of other Countries for
their Errours , not only live here, hut gather Churches, preach pub likely their Opi
nions '.What fivarmes are there of all forts of illiterate mechanick^Preachers,ycx
of Women and Boy Preachers ! What a v\fcretit.,fthL?r<i MMim.jiUnmt*.<mic< »>*»*> of
number of meet ings of Sectaries in thx tht city ofLoudua.frrfta»e4te tht Hot, ft efPter, Jan.i6.
Citiy, eleven at leaft in one Parity ! What liberty of preaching, printing of all l:r-
rours, or for a Toleration of all, and again ft tlie^Dircclory, Covenant ,monethly
Fafl, Presbyteriall Government, and all Ordinances of Parliament in reference to
Religion, and mo ft of thefe pcrfons either never queftior.edat all, orifqueftioned>
abufing thofe in a high manner \\'ho fjueftion them, coming off one Way or other, and
afterwards goingon in fpreading their err ours more then before, or if committed by
fome beloW , thereby they are hmdred from preaching and dipping, then brought off
and re leafed by feme above (of \\hich they bragg and boaft} yea many Seltaries
countenanced , implojed and prrfcrdto fyeciall places both of profit , honour and
truft,and that \vhich idfaddfft of all (and yet too true} Orthodox Worthy perfons,
Who being in places of Power, for preventing mifchiefs andevills cjueftionina-fome
Sectaries for their unlaWfull meetings and falfe 'Dottrines, have been lookt upon
ever after With an ev'ill eye, and opportunities Watcht to mole (I and dijp/acc them*
In a Word there hath not been to this day any exemplary reftraint of the Sectaries
(M ever I heard} by vertue of any of your Ordinances, but they, are fleighted and
J "corned, and as it Wai formerly With the Kings Proclamations a<rainft the fefuits,
Priefts,Papifts, and for bidding to go to A1a§c, there Were the more 'Pr -lefts in the
Kingdom, and more Went to Afafle ; (the Proclamations being never looked after t
and when any z,ealous Protefrants in place did go to execute them, they had lit tie
thanks for their pains, and thofe they quefrionedWere to hard for them,getting offi)
fo preaching of I ay -men Was never more inrequeftthenjincc your Ordinance again (I
it 'Prcjljfteria/l Government never more preached, printed againft, then fine c your
Votes, Orders and. Ordinances for if; never more dangerous unlicensed Soo^s
printed, then fence the Ordinance again ft unlicenfed printing and When men have
been complained of for the breach of Ordinances, au that of lay preaching, &C. how
tire they difmifted, and preach ft ill, infefl ft ill ? look^What Wayes Were taken here
tofore by the PopiJJj party and Prelates Who pretended to be ^proteftaxts, infa-
1/ottr ofthePapiftSiArrrtinians/tnddifcountenancing zealous Preteftewts*, the fame
V Will
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will be found to he now in ufe in behalf e of the Sectaries againft Trejby ter'ians •
find if you be but pleafedto review your own Remonftrances , either in former , or
in this prefect Parliament }or remember the maximes and grounds you proceeded
upon in questioning many, and by What rules you judge A of intentions to overthrow
the Proteftant Religion, and to advance Toper y , Armianifme, and then lookjtpon
the ^Proceedings offome , you Willfinde the fame fteps trod in now, and the fame
courfe taken in favour of the Jeffs : ( But an Epiftle is too narrow a compare to
particularise all things of this klnde, and a Word is enough to the Wife) And yet
J do not fay Tour Honours have done thefe things ^ for there are matters of thi*
nature you hear not of, andupon complaints of things that have come immedlatly
to Tour Houfes, there hath beenfomc redrejfe; yet fuch things are done by Com-
mitt ces, or P erf ons under Tour Tower find Government, and no ejfettuall Wayes
taken to prevent, dif cover or remedy thefe things. Now I humbly fubmit to Tour
deep judgment , Whether God account not men guilty of that Which it commit ted by
sthers under them, they having power to hinder it ; asalfo, Whether it Veil! not be
interpreted by men, that there is certainly great countenance and favour above y
or elfe perfons below dare not do as they do. And be pleafed tofufer me, as a Mi-
wfter ofChriftjo bring to your remembrance (Vchich I do in all humility,} thefe
following Scriptures. Levit.2^,25, I Sam.2. 29,30,31,32. cap. 3.12, 13, 14.
i King. 12. cap-3T. 13. cap. 33.34.2 King. 10. from 19. to 33. Jeremy. 30.31.
Dan.5.$,2. 2,23. 24,25,26,27,28. Amos 2.9,13.14. Hag.i.2,4,5. Gal.^.y. Revel.2.
13, 14, 15, 1 6, 18, 19, 20. Which texts of Scripture, frith the examples laid
down in them, I name not as if I Would compare your Honours With Jeroboam,
Belfhazzar , &c.or charge on you their fatts in ktnde, or that I Vvijb fuch evillt
fiouldcome to TOU-, no, let the interpretation of thefe Scriptures be to your enemies,
find the fulfilling of them to them that hat e Tou • but becaufe Vthatfoever things
Were Written aforetime Were Written for our learning , and all the things Which
Were threatnedand hapned to Eli, Jeroboam, Jehu, Belfliazxar, &c. Were for ex-
ftmples, and Written for our admonition upon Whom the ends of the world are come>y
therefore ImindeToU of thefe Scriptures , that you may fear to fall into any fuch
kinde of fins, or tofuferfuch to be done When 'tis in Tour -power to hinder.
^ Thefetts have been growing upon us ever fine e the fir ft year of Tour fitting,
And have every year increafed more and more; things have been bad a great while,
but this lap year they are grown intolerable:, andifSchifme, Herejie, &c. be let
alone and rife proportionally for one year longer ^We fhall need no Cavaliers nor
enemies from without to deftroy w. Certainly c/W looks for other manner of fruit
from you ; the great Deliverances^ Victories, Succejfes, thefolewn Covenant^ Prc-
teftations, RemonflrancesyDeclaratio»s made to Cjodjhiit Kingdom, the Kingdom
of Scotlandj and aUthe RtformeA Chttrches^ catt And ^e^ for other fynde <f
things
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things. The Reformed Churches abroad wonder at thefe things, andfayjvhy ma.}
net the King M lawfully tolerate Papifts, one fulfe Religion, AS the Parliament
fuffcr allfetts to grow? Befides their love, ^eal and fryers for j OH begins to
langui/b and grow faint. Oftr de.tr Brethren of Scot land ft and amazsdandaftc-
nijbed,andhadtheynotfeen thefe things, could not have be leeved them.The Or
thodox, godly conjiderable party, both Minifters and people in City and Country,
by whofe means tinder Cjod, you are nowfo ftrong and lifted ftp above your ene
mies , are grieved, of ended, and much difcouraged-, the common enemy fcornes,
blafthemes, and reproaches the Reformation, looking upon m A* given up to a fpirit
ofgiddinefe and err our. The Malign Ants every where turne Scttaries and Indt-
pendents,fiding with them and pleading their caufe ; and they do wifely, there
being no fetch way M that tofuve their purfes, live quietly, and to undermine yofi
And cjfeft the enemies work. And what can thinkjou will be if tic of thefe things? h
is high time t her fore for your Honour f to awake and be doing, tofttjfer no longer
the 'Je Setts and 'Schifmes, thefe disorders and confufwns that are in the midft of #/,
but to fall uponfome effettuall wayes, a* you in yottr great wifdvmes fall finde out,
and to dofomething worthy a Parliament in tins ki^de alfo. Do thtf and Cjod is on
your right hand tohelpeyou , andyoufiall not be removed for ever, the Kingdom
of Scot land, the Reformed Churches, thi* great City with the Miniftcrs to ft and
by you and to honoifryou : Do it notjbut let things ftill run on thi*s , and, all kinde
of err ours, confufiona, &C. increafe , and know Cjod M a rightcow Qod, and will rc-
quire it at your hands, vijit and be ttvcngedfor thefe things. And let no man flat
ter you with your great projperity and fttcccfe , that your mountain is nowfo
firong that you (hill never be moved-, but remember that (Jod M A Cjod changing
the tsimcs and feafons, that removes Kings and fcts up Kings, Dan.z.u. that
can quickly bring down that part of the wheel below which WAS higheft, that madt
afudden change to Kclilhazzar in an hour, Dan. 5.3,4,^,6. That Cjod who ttfaid
tofcatter Kings, can fcatter you : Pfal. 68.14. Lookj^pon the Court party, the
great Counfcflours of ft ate, and Prelates , whofe height was like the height of the
Cedars, and were ftrong at the Oaks, yet the Lord dfftroyed their fruit from above,
andtheir root from beneath- and cannot he dofotoyon?Il>e]cccl}youfcar,r,ortfi-
dering the freat dijbonour of Cjod and hit nxme, and the fad eft ate of things under
your Cj averment, left Cjod bring fame great afterclap upon you, and have an after
reckoning, cither giving you up at laft to the hands ofthofe that are now in arraci
againftyou, or fending an evill fyirit of divifton among your felves andthetw9
Nations , or making ufe of the Setts (that party when grown ftronger , who have
beenfo much fttjfered to grow under you,) to become thorns in your fides,and prick*
in your cyet, to caft Tott out, and to teach you new Law and new Divinity, at they
kwcdone already in many of their Books ( M England* Birthright , A Letter
B a from
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from an Utter Barretter, A Letter ca/l'dEnghnds lamentable flavery, Lilburns
Letters to Mr Prynn , to a Friend, Innocency and truth juftified, cum multis
alijs,) or by fending fame other judgement, as the PC ft Hence, &c. (all -which I car-
neftly pray Cjod to prevent. ) And truly when I thinkjyf things by my fclf, and
behold to what a height Err ours, Herefies, &C. are come, and withall reflect upon
the great things (Jod hath done for you, the many powerfall Sermons you have had
preached before you about the' Nationa.ll Covenant , and. again ft the S eel: s, the m.i~
ny petitions reprefenting the evill and danger ofthefe things, and jet how little is
done , our evills of this kindf rifing higher and higher , in the increafe offalfe do-
firings, and a greater multiplication offchifmes every day then other ; 1 tremble
for fear, left for the wantofz,ealinfufferingfomany diJJ}onours of (.jod, and hi*
Ho fife to liefo long wafte,the word be gone out of hi* mouth already which he (pake
againft Eli ; I faid indeed that thy houfe , and the houfe of thy Father fhould,
walke before me for ever : but now the Lord faith ; Be it far from me , for
them that honour me I will honour , and they that defpife me fhall be lightly
cfteemed. But to draw towards a. conclusion , there u no other way to prevent all
thi-i wrath, but to be z,ealou s a nd repent , to do fomething fyeedily and effectually
againft the Err ours , Here fie s , Schifmes , Blafyhemies and confujions of the] e
times.
Ob. But if any (hall objctt, It cannot be done now, it will dif content anddifm-
^agc the Sectaries who are a confiderable party , andfo may prove dangerous to
'the Parliament in this juncture of time, by caufmg many to fall off their Service*
Anf. Are we afraid of ^contenting , difingaging and lofing a few men, and.
not ofdifcontenting and lofing Cjod ! fhall Cjod be dify leafed to pleafe men [fhall
we fear the want 'of mans helpe whofe breath is in hx noftrils, and not fear Cjod /
O that Vce would once ceafefrom man, fir therein it he to be accounted of ?
Secondly, I Anfwer , This objection ista^gcounfell, but not of God-, a cover-
ing,but not ofGodsJpirit ; ifa. 30 . 1 . this carnall policie offuffering corruptions in
Religion fir fear of lofing a party , and ftrengthening Kingdoms, hath proved the
ruin' of families and Kingdoms ; be pleafed to remember Jeroboam, Jehu, <^r.
who out of policie fir fear of lofing a party and strengthening the other Jide, fet
ttp andfuffered the golden Calves and Priefts of the loweft of people ,and thievery
thing became afnare, and the lofte of the Kingdom to them ; and I might Jbew out
ofEcclefiafticall Hiftories many examples of fad things befalling Princes , who
out o/ policies or any carnall rejpetts, havefuffered all forts *fS.etts and Herejies;
but I Vc'illon/y inftance in one out of *Baroni-
=iSS*2SShS3&? S^: us,<,/Valentiniai,us y™> , wkfaffinl «
nosquaroquis vellet fidem.amplefti arq;proar- tfje We/I the Chriftians to embrace what
!»irrioh*refesconfeftari. At quam confiiite ex- r • i r I rJ i r //
iris dtdaravit ,, anjbo cnim fa«ione ac prodi- faith every one of them TVOUld , and to follow
what
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what Heretics they pleafed , hut how well and •
r /•/„,/ j /•• j i ttoneGenn] urn pecan funr, Grattonnsa Ma*.
/rf/*/7 ffcf <?»rf of jf declared • for both bit foHS 'a^Valtm'manu!, jurror laquco ftrangulatus.
wcrejlain by the f aft ion and treachery of the *""" ""* * <*U'W6'*™'*'
Gentiles Gratian by Maximus, Valentinian ;*»> TT^ fowled in a halter:
Andy 'ft afterwards the fame Emfer our by edict commanded the houfes ar.d places
where the Marches met to be connate. Vw florled of Amaziah , that
he had hired a hundred thovfand mighty men of valonr for « hundred talent,
j ' and M *>'»* ™ "far to his cnrnall objeV's, that
odhadpovertohclpandtocafl down- and for hu hundred talents, the Lord
able to give him mvch more tlvnthu :i Chron.2^.7,S,9. fofay /, v
'", ^^^ ^ °™ °r**™« , o
uableto caxfe many mor< then theft, to a
hands of the Kin
Parliament
all
om jm for doin our duti
tes
""*
,/«
learned man
rowmcndovosDi-
leCtioni Dei "
:d of Popery ; fodoYc,
jg ^
liament
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to the love of,God and his truth, and the hating of all Sefts and
Schifmes, earneflly praying to C/ad, that none of the things -which Ton and we have
caufe to fear may come upon Ton and the Kingdom , but that Cfodvoouldmercy-
fully pardon that too great f offering, countenancing , Dreading and prevailing of
Err ours , Here fie s and Schifmes which hath been in this Kingdom thefe four la ft
yearstand would fil you withftfch a love and %>eal to hi* truth and hottfe, thatyoti
might throrowly -purge out all things that offend, and caufe thefalfe Prophets and
the uncleanftirits topafle cut of the landyfteedily and effectually lay the top-ftone
upon the building, the foundation -whereof you have laid long ago, fully fettle this
Church and the Government of it, thereby VP« may be brought into one^and become
terrible at an Army with banners, and like a Strong and fenced City , bothagainft
fchifniss that may arife from mthin,and the affaults of enemies -without.
Tour Honours humble
Andmott devoted fervant.
T H OMAS EDWARD
The Preface.
N thelaft week of jF«™ or the firft o
two weeks I am certaine) camefo th my Anfwer Centituled
Ant apologia ) to the Apologdicatt Nwa'ton : Ever fince which
time I have forborne the Prcfle cnt oran expeft^tinn of a Re
ply fwhich was with great confidence by many ofthe Indepen
dent party at fcverall times given out I fhould have) with
much patience pjfling by the many rcproachfull fcoi nfull fpeeches.and railings
both inpublike Sermons and printed^ m- a cvt&Wtfobfirvri.*, anj^t^ri,, on M.
phlets, and many other waies caft upon me Pnnsji.gw//. The p*ifl^od <•/ w.in,m P™*
and my A,*^°?>< • I w» not * filing to be ^4f8^fi»!Z±!?£52 •/ •"'
provoked. or to trouble my (elf at the bark- *'$'}• ^r^»w«w«/p^;jf*»j»». B,-tij E*-
Siigofdr^dogfrfirlio'KKWtlfe^
did bark at the Moon fthatsallj but not "^^^fc»AttpaUfU^.
hnrt it : could fcoflFe and jter at the An*tobgie , fenc knew not which way to go
about to anfwer it) but rather refolvcdto referve my time and Itrengthj for
fome learned and folidRetly from the Apologifts, or any other for them, to
which I might have givena Ktyyndtr. Buc now eighteen Moneths beir g almoft
expired fincc the Anttpologit came ab'ojd into the world(time fufficient for fivj
fuch eminent perfbns, or fome other to liave retti ncd an Anfwer in, if ever they
intended it ) andnow being without all hopes of any H eply from them ( there
being rone in the Prefle.asl can learn) but rather 'tis given, out by the Apologias
themfclves, and their neereft friends,that for peace lake they forbcare it ( which
let them belceve it that will, I do notj) Ifhallwaitenolonger3lutamrefo!vt<i
to appear again in pubHke aga^nft the errours of the time, and to fcr forth Traft-
ates and Dicouifes upon iuch Subjefts and Joints, as T conceive may make moft
for the glory of God , the peace of this Church, and be moil feafonablc for the
preftnt neceflity, be opwthetm dtefw. I hweall this while,out ofchoife and up
on ferious deliberation , declined the letting forth any Traclate of the Contro-
verfiesofthe time .(although! have been by Learned men oftcaird upon, yea,
earnt(Hy follieited AcretJ.ntoleft the Apologifts3t>r ioineorjher for tiiem, fliould
have taken occafidnby anfwermg that , to bvve fome doak and cxcufe for not
replyine
PREFACE.
replying to my Aitjpdogie : but having given all this time , and finding by expe-
/.in "print by
'
KcneM.™* ^'fL .~feF - •••• s
But for *njfu>-b §llts tnemiClves in the AtTcinDTy,and
is; manyoflf lHr c dliciples ^°br but
r^t- m^^ nOUnihCS and great {welling
fit-jitrtoulHfnui* initoftny ntatenall cot/Herat!,* a> Wofds of Vanity ) OH DUrpole tO feed
gtinft the ConiregationaU way, at n-ili in tine cor.venient . j i j j r, r , V i
fre mademanifeft in tbejlgbtoftbt Sun., God not preventing tnClF deluded FrolelVtCS IGF the pre-
it by mare tbtntn ordinary, or at haft txfeSedbmA. JLnd fent fwho Called nnnn them for an
in page 46. // M. Prin tye« and cmfide. -*d> vho itw» ^"r ^ v T n „ "O" l? , , r 3I1
that badbindredihe Independents, and tbtt ante and again AlilwCF^ I {hall HOW fcnde them
rrnnx?
. ./ . fiany
intbatfreviietlge. But quoddeterturnpnaufernir. T^w TreatllCS tO the former. And hoWC-
BorA#/M.Gtodwin»i»a>frt«tf4 «« /«*/ 9 OT<>««^ «g<.. ver UDOn r|1(v R M{^n Kpfnrp Tn^rif7
c Ovcnon <„ Independent B»ok feller ,»h ha/led the 4n- VC/ UPO" rilt K C3l0n DCtore IpeClft-
/w«r IP« it ike Preffi Eaton <« Independent Milliner Stme ed , I ha VC bcCH thus long filCHt, and
s>f Joh.Goodw.Ckurch reported that famt of hx Church mem- fil{rnnriniipr! flip Tr^lT^ . x/^i- T^r-
tenfreacbedftrhi^bccaufebe^a^eringthtAn^p^. allCOntmued ttlC 1 rCile ; yet tor
hereafter,! do give it under my hand,
that I will make amends, and redeem the time becanle the dayes are evill ; pro-
mifing (the grace of God enabling me, and fparing me Iife3heahh and liberty)
that for this next year,or longer, as the troubles of the Church may continue,to
be often fetting forth one Tradate or orher.I aime at, and {hall endeavour to be,
like that tree fpoken of in the Revelation, to yedd fruit every moneth, and that
the leaves of the tree may be for the healing of thefe Nations. Now to give
Koine account to the Reader, of the nature of this following Difcourfe , and of
my fccpe therein ; This prefent Treatife is not fo much againft any one errour
and feft, as againft all I have heard of]a Diicovery of,ind Directions aga>nft that
many headed monftrous Hydra of fedlarifme fprungupin theie times in &g-
Imd : a workeand undertaking , which I well know and expe&, will caufe me
all the hatred , envy and danger, which the cunning, malice, power or bJinde
zeal of all th? feftaries in E«, / wd can procure. Paul ipeaks in his Ep;ftles to the
Corinthians (among other troubles^ of his fighting with beafts at Epbefm after the
rmrmerof men, }.Cor. i^. 32. andofam.ffenger of Satan fent to buffet him,
2. Cer.cap. 1 2 which were none of the leaft dangers and fuflfcrings he met with-
all,as will appear both by looking into the texts themfelves3and confolting fome
learned Divines uponthofe Scriptures. No'w in this prefent work, and iomeo-
ther following Traftate?,(bmething like to thefe I have to conflict with,namelys
wilde beafts,grievous wolves, as the Scripture calls hereticks and falfe Prophets,
cJ^/uf.-r. 1 5. fitts 21.29. and with meflengers ofSatan,faife Apoftles> transform
ing themfbives into the Apoftles of Chrilt,2.Cor. 12.13 .and'tis never the Icffe ha
zardous nor difficult, that they are wolves in fhecps cloathing, and Satan tran£
formed
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Anadloflieht. Now for me,apoorweakfinrullman, who have
e o8back me none of thofe'rekions to thereat, NoMeand
the imes, which many have,(in an age and time when truth ,s fallen,
nderrour prevails in all P'ac«, (cned up at new light .and as new
fcJjeSftrthe is let up in places of honour and profir.and leftar.es arc
de verA ) to appear in open field againft, and to contend w.th them, « a hard
and dTnserou. letvice. Bit I know whom Ifcrve, and he who M with me, «
ftrongeKhey whoa:eagam(tme: and in ibis cauIeofOod, hs truth and
all th! reformed Churches, I fear not what man can dounto me. I well under-
ft nd that I put my hand ,»to a Hornets neft, and (hall railc up agamft me all the
piritofleparation, Chifme and errant thorowoutthc K.ngdome from the
hifiheft Seeker to the loweft Independent^! I value it not ,«fl« «J» Jt- fas ^
Spake upon a like occafion.) I can comfort my felfe with that of D^X IJit
1 18 12 They contL-afled me about like Bfes t they arc 77.,. /r,,^ ,b;.,xt is fathkinJie.! a-..i
<jwM«tbc pre of thorn,, but in tt*X**t a/lfa A-f-.** Andorra ,a
Lordl*>iVc***kmoff, That God which delivered Pj«/from bcalts at f>^/wf,
and from the meflenger ot Satan, that encouraged and enabled little ZX^/V to
fight with ^ Bear and a Lion and to puli a Lambe out the Lions mouth, yea to kilt
both the Lion and the Bear, hath, doth, and will preferve me till I have nVidied
my teftimpny. On'y my earneft defireis to the Orthodox and Pious Reader,
that for the Lord jefus Chrifts fake,and for the love of the Spirit , they would
flrive in prayer to God for me, that I might be delivered from unreafonable
men,and from them that are difobedienc •, and that my fervice and labours in this
fcindemay be accepted of the Saints , and that I may be fo (lengthened with
mi°ht by his Spirit, that in zeal andfaithfullnc(rc,andyetinlove, humility and
wifedom, I may fpeak as I ought to ipeakin all my following Trcatifes. There
are two things amongft many, that 1 h.ive oft thought upon, and obferved both
from the Scriptures and the works of holy men, both ancient and modern,
which in this caufe againfl the Seftaricsmakes me not to be troubled at rcproa-
che?,evill reports, &c. Firft,that thofe Miniftcrs, who out of^eal to the glory of
Godjove of his truth, compaffion to poor foules, have appeared and afted vigo-
roufly,by preaching and writing againft the errours of the times and places they
lived in, haveftill met with a great deal of malignity, hatred 5 reproaches^ and
fpeaking all manner of cvill againft tr>em f4fely , as alfb many miiconflruftions,
negleftsand unkinde dealings from friends. SecondIy,Notwithftanding all this,
they have gonon in their work and way, with conftancie iind heroick re-
iolution, triumphing and rejoycing in their {ufterings,rather riling higher, and
growing more bold, then being moved or difcouraged : of both thefe I will give
iome inftances : Chrift the chief Shepherd and BiQiop of our fouls, for fpeaking
C anaifcli;
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— - — • _. _^^
againft the Seftaries of the time , namely the Pharisee S»M TTT T
was maligned, reproached, laidin wait for , asalfohis'ownDiS3? dHc^n«»
•xtssKsi:Si€^SS^
s^aaSsaSSSSSSBisfeS
Mm, fohe^tfini(hh,sc^ iK'^SSSS
the Arians and detecting their
preaching and writing againft hereticks and mLmkkT^r^ll^
furred many reproache?,andyet repyced, counting their fufferings a
e^Hguji. Epift, 15 Hieronymus Augu- tneir greater gloryjasc Hieromev}i'nins.tQ
'• "i •'' *"^} cons racuiates flupiininG for rJpfprvinT t-r-ic. k
cmnmm rneriiit caium, q.uovi ouiaem r 11 L • i * }'"'* •«* ucicri vinii Cue n
taun.t3* ho? cum illo cilc commune. OP ^* wll LlwFciiCKSi \Vii-fCn hf3 t*pi/"H7x»o/J *T»>
ii , . . i HUV* L/t, »wj ••&AA\^L4iiv# iciviyccCi vvas conii'^ion tf\
ii^nnmmajctis glou'seflomncs hxre- ft,' J tfiat Which IS an arCUmCDt
tici-dcreftanturs&rnc pan- proftquua- OUnegreatcf glory, all hercticfes do det-ft vn,,
«urod(o,utqucsgladiis;iequeunt., vo- and Derfernte mp alfn, TT^I-^ *.t, i-t ,wtfcvi; /y'-1j
tointcrscianr. KTKcuw me ai o with the like hatred, that
iSfefe^^iSSt?55S W?2m 5eyfGlnn°i kl11 Wkh fwords' ^ey do with
Si5^gS?S«S5S3E ^ffS^^^tnem°PP°fi^P^g^^rQUT^
mum fiipptem> eju; nomine errorcs ipfius refuti- ( fewgltM being a man OI 3 ftrift Fif<° . r.^1 f
%bmJevefttiteertiiniBi:IBiqiMPeIaeiJMfr .1 • HrKl life, and OI gfeaC
letttofiftfasfnf^pcruntJioniuctunMibi&itfw. autnontv amone all. invina «-,-,.-.„ r,.-.
and
y — jr'*»"v3 that many, who \ve*e mr»ft
)}.r, ^p1TOn, VM eminent -n thfi honour Qf pri£/hJoodn°", e e m
nd^g«Mas if without a caufe he had been too vehemenMnd had too ftarr"
managed the controverlie againft Wagiw . yca ,arnong the audit ours of 5
. /r«/j; —
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all did not truely and with a right hand receive it.
Luther, as his name was hatefull to the Papifts, fo alfo to the Sectaries of
that a^e : s Thomas Muncer, one of the firft preachers and ring- g JM^.K^T.-M.
leaders of the Anabaptifts(Z,^<?r having had fome conflicts with "" *-"'•''• P I2S'
him and others of that Sect) put forth fome writings, wherein hee did poui:
out his rage and fury againft Luther, reproaching Luther, that hee wanted/ a
fpirit of Revelation, and favoured onely carnal! outward things ; and after
11 Ltstherhzd reproved Muncer for his opinion of li- h F).^,r- S[i,hi:mn Dj2trib<.
berty,andthe wayeshe went in, he fet himfelf againft KIR- -ieor'-j. ptpsn-r. s;Si« &
Luther , diundring out railing fpeeches, faying that nom'n-An2ba?:t"jru:T1*
Luther did equally offend as the Pope of Rome, yea that Luther was worfc
then the Pope himfelf, promulgating only a carnall Gofpel : but Luther. t\\ hi»
dayes, both againft the Papifts and Sectaries, Swenckfeldians, Antinomies, A-
nabaptifts, notwithftanding all reproaches, went on with courage and rc/oy-
cing. Luther eftecmed evil I fpeakings as ' meat fat- \ BiafPhcm> funt cbu« & Qgim
ninghim; Luther was afraid of prailes, but rejoyced m'h'i: major eft mihi& -timer in
in reproaches and blafphemies. * Tis enough to me, RtVa^S^k MSS;
laith Luther \£ I plcafe Chrift my Lord and his taints: c,ft fi ciiriio i>arnino mro & fuu
I doe from my heart re Joyce and give thanks to my ^iViPSrarm:m?eSe°«Sim»
God, that I am hatefull to the Divell and all his istor,Srg'jtijsagoDeoin;o,L».';'.
tales. I am certain (laith Luther) that the truth of God cannot be rightly
handled and maintained without cnvic and danger ; and this is the onely lignv*
that it hath been rightly handled, if it offend • I do ,
j •( j \ c c \c \ i »nc»-» raagis mni placeo, Sc uiper-
daily more and more pleafe my felt, and am proud busfioquoivikonomenpc.'iimum
that I fee a bad name increafes to race. Zuinffllus m:hi cicllcre> Lllth'
that great leader of die Reformation in Helvetia, for difputing and writing
againft the Anabaptifts, was by Balthtfar Httbmcrtts PtchnontAniu (though
ZmngliKs had done him many offices of love) load- Tanri5 cnim connVi; virum ^.
ed with io great reproaches, that hee was necefllta- de rl' °ieri-
ted to make an Apologie for himfelfe to fatishe the Sbus'h!
brethren. Calvin that faithfull Paftour of Geneva, ^^w.vxt.'
as his labours and zeal againft Popifh herefics are known to all, fo did hec
write and acl.againft all other kind of errors that fprung up, againft the Ana-
baptifts,Liber tines, Scrvetiv, Valentine CJentilx, $tanc<trus, (as his workc \vit-
nefle) and for his pains and zeal, being as a Chriftian Hercules overcoming fo
many monftersjhe was called Heretick,Ambitioiis,afle- MM.^tJmv\uc*iVi»'
cling_ a new Papacie,one that ftudied to heap up riches, iq£ IXC^'BOM ^"L^L9^
aRailer;fo that Bez>a writ an Apologie for him; yea, S5«tf£nS'i£i 1- *°S*
fome neighbour Paftours repry ached, him as if he made qnibw oiau4°iaakCcwTid^i
C God
.um oncrarc n:t.
God the authour of fin, becaufe he excluded nothin?
Jrigenc, ut pr > quo, & in quern c /-^ t tt -J • o
oicamr.pauio attentius expcn. from Gods exteniall providence : m a word, being
<fent3neq;hero'«siftosipiruus fo couraeious a defender of found doctrine, hee was
c* inger.iofuo mctiantur. , ° , , • , , r ,
at home and abroad vehemently oppofed ; and yet for
all thefe he went on in his work,, like another Paul and Athanajiw, withun-
jum effct Cai- daunted refolutions and pains : upon occafion he fpakc
cene^nquit, thus of his hard ufage and ill requitall, Certainly if I
niriflVrn mala . -V, *. . J*
ii hpminibus icrvicwcm, mala 1Jr , t t j j i_Ji • L >_•
mihi mercesperioiv<rretur,fed had lerved men,I had made a bad bargain j but tis well
bene eft quod et infervivj, qui that j jjave ferved him who alwaves paves-his fervants
tunquam no!i terns fuis re- . i-ii TJI AJ»-
pcndic quod fcrrei pro riiit. that which he once promiled them : And tis enough
satis eft quod cbrifto vivo & tnat I live and die to Chrift, who is sain to his in life
mono.-, qui mis lucrum elt in j , , °
waffiortc. and death.
* euvimi ita excfusfuit, utaiiquifuis cani- * Calvin was fo hatefull, that fome na-
bus Calvini nomcn
nomcn imponerent; alii Calm' med their dogS A/f/»; Others changed CW-
wm in CaiwMWtransformarent 5 non pauci ii- , P w r. ° .
lius odio abftinere fe a Coena Domiii tefta- Vin UltO C^'»; many OUt Of hatred OI him,
bantur. T»W caivini j Beza. did profcfle they kept away from the Lords
Supper. Now for the firft of thefe, namely reproaches, fcorns, &c. I do cer
tainly expecT: and prepare ; for the difciple is not above his Mafter, nor thefer*
*vant above his Lord : it is enough for the difciple that hee be as his M 'after 3
JMattk. 10. 24,2$. And what am I better then thofe learned Fathers, <±AugH.~
fline, AthanapHSy and thofe firft Reformers, Luther, Zmnglins, Calvin ? 'Tis
honour enough for me to be fomewhat like to them in fufFerings. I have had
fome experience of the Sectaries malice, hatred, rage upon my former Books
and Sermons that I have preached, and therefore know that this and othec
Tractates will inflame them. lam in my confcience fully perfwaded, that this
.Tractate is at this time both feafonable and ufefull in many refpects , yea ne-
ceflary, and that for all forts of men,Magiftrates, Minifters, people, both thofe
that ftand, and thofe that are fallen, yea the very Sectaries themfelves, and in
^uftice and all reafon I might expect thanks and kind acceptance of my labour
and pains. But I look that the Sectaries of all forts will ftorm, and caft out
of their mouthes flouds of calumnies, reproaches, both againft my felfe and
book , befides all other wayes doe mee all the mifchiefe they can and dare 5,
yea, I fear, that too many Brethren, partly through their relations to many
iSectaries , and through that lukewarm temper ( in reference to errours o£
tninde) that hath long poflefled them, who think every one too hot that ap
pears againft the Sects, will not fo cordially approve this work. I can truely
lay, that in my former Books and Lectures I have been too much deferted,.
and not received thofe incouragements which many have done from Brethren
upon like occafions; but none of thefe things move mee j not the lofle of
THE PREFACE.
good name, not the unkind deferting of friends, neither count I my life dear
to my felf fo I may finiih my courfe, and the miniftry which I have received,
to teftifie the Gofpel and, the truth of God againft the errours of the time.
And as I know perfections and afflictions abide mee in this way ; fo it (hall
be my prayer and endeavour to follow the example of Chrift, andthofefer-
vants of his before named -y and had I not long fince fet down, and counted
my coil, giving up my name to God to take care of it, and my face to the
fmiters, I fhould not have thus appeared in writing and preaching : but I havea
through the grace of Chrift, learned to account it an honour to fuffer foe
truth, and oppofing errours, as well from Sectaries, as from Popifh fpirits : in
this matter of oppofing the prefent errours,! flight all the power, malice and
policie of all the Sectaries in the Kingdome. And I am refolved, by the grace
ofChrift, which hath enabled mee hitherto, to go on in aconftant, cheerfull
oppofing and writing againft the errours. ] I have j LUih. Ef,ft. *d spai«in. s»amb
determined with mv felfe to fear nothing in this 'tL'1 ">f>*g'»>* />«<•»»*/, ta*t:> j r»s
r L ii i • \ i • i videntur Uiuniis ; Statutumeit aPud
caule, but to contemn all things; yea, the higher me noue yonpua ;»h^ rt timer*,
the errours arife, and the more mighty they grow, f*d «i*«i*tmtem*trt.
the more to rife up againft them : I value not my name, nor my life, if compa
red to the truth of Chrift; but fhalltake pleafurein reproaches, neceffitics,
fuflferings in fuch a time as this, when few are valiant for the truth ; no gold
(hall bribe me, nor preferments take me off; no lack of fupplies fhall difhear-
ten me. I (hall maintain this warfare at mine owne charges, and this good
caufe cannot be ftarved for want of fees. And whatever can happen to mee
in this caufe,! {hall rejoyce,yea and will rejoyce, as remembring thofe fpeeches
of Chrift, foh. 1 8. To thu end WM I horn,andfor this cattfe came I into the Vrorld^
that I fbonld bear Tvitneffe to the truth. Match. 5. 12. Rejoyce and be exceeding
glad, for great is your regard in heaven.
A Catalogue of many of the ERR OURS,
BLASPHEMIES and PRACTISES of the
SECTARIES of the time, with fame
OBSERVATIONS upon them.
> Ow for this Treatife, I refer it to three heads.
1. I (hall premife iome particulars for the better
ftanding of the fubjeft matter of this Rook, and right appr<
hcnding of what follows. TJiflfn1i-
2. Iflialllay down a Catalogue of the Errpurs, Blalpne-
i mies> Pradifcs of the Se6bries' J°§cther with a parrJe
Sndry remarkable raffages,and fome Letters concerning them
3 Gve fome Obi tnrations upon, and draw fome Ccrallaries from the wh«
matter.
Inthcfirftheadlflialldotwothings;
Firft, Lay down eight particulars for better fatifcsflion and dn
Secondly, Arifwer two Ob jeftions which maybe as ftones toftuiuble at in the
entrance to the matter, and caufe a prejudice againft the work.
The firftthng I premife, which i would have the Reader to take notice ot,
is, that rhis Catalogue of Errours, Blafphem es, 1'raftifes, Letters, is not
Errours, Opinions, Praftifes, of a former age, dead and buried many ycers age,
and now revived by this Difcourfe; bu: a Catalogue of Errours now in bemt
alive in thefeprefent times, alt wf them vented and broached within tBcfetouir
veers laft paft, yea molt of them within thefe two laftyecrs, and leffe. It Ihould
have been long enough, before I would have nked up old Errours f om the
dead and hell; I had nuich rather fend them back from whence they came; and
that is my intent in their Tifcovery. I ap; rove well of that rule cf Amen Mcd. The-
Difciplinc in the French Churches, that the. Minidcrs (hould not °- /(!
in Sermons meddle with confuting of old Erro.ns; and of that ofAmepufto
Ministers, That all Errour is not every w her j to be refuted- For old Herefies
that arc buried, arc not to be diggut. i.pthat they mayte refuted; but feeing
thcfc walk up and down in City aiu Country, I may give warning of them. Se-
A Catalogue and Dtfcovery of
condly, This following Difcovery is not only of prcfent Errours, which may be
nowmPolonJajTranfzhaniay Holland^ New* England, Som mer- IJlmds , for then I
would not have troubled the Reader neither jbut in England, held and vented in
this Kingdom^as will appear more fully in this Difcourfe.Thirdly,More fpecial-
ly in thefe places of England as Ltndon and the Counties adjacent3in the Parlia
ments Quarters,5n their Armies and Garrifon Towns.not maintained by perfons
at Oxford., &e. for then it had nor been fo much to us ; but as the Prpphec Eze-
k&l fpeaks of Jfrufakmi Ex^k, 2 2. 7. <?, 10, 1 1 , In thee, in thee, in thee (oft repeat
ed) are foch andfich things >y So in thee London^ in the Aflbciated Counties,in the
Armies, and dut after a folemn Covenant to extirpate Hcrefies and Schifms,are
found fuch and fuch Errours Blalphemous, Opinions, ftrange Pra&ifts ; fo that
the Reader muft remember, that all the following Errours, Blafphemies, Pra-'
ftifes, Letters, be of perfons in this time, and in this Kingdom, yea of fuch who
live and dwell among us.
Secondly, I do not undertake nor profefle in this Catalogue and DHcoverys
to give a full Catalogue and perfeft enumeration of all the erroneous Opinions,
Blafphemies and Pra&ifes of the Se&aries within thefe four laft yeers, fbasno
more can be added to them ; I make no doubt, but many a Reader may fay, this
Catalogue wants luch an opinion that he knows of,and fuch an opinion,bnt only
fpeaks of many of them,*nd of fbme principalljand therefore in the Tide of this
Difcourfe., I call it a Catalogue of manyErrourSj(f do not fay of all:) It cannot
rationally be imagined, that one man refiding conftantly in one place, not tra
velling to the Armies, nor up and down from Country to Country, having his
hands full of preaching, and writing Controversies, can come to the knowledge
of all Errours broached in all places3 or can have time to read over exaft ly all the
Sectaries, to extra ft all their Opinions : It may rather be thus argued , what a
world of ftrange Errours, &c. are there held in all parts of this Kingdom,when
one man hears of Co much / if all the minifters in the Kingdom would bring in
whattheyknow3orbutaconfiderable number of Minifters, as a Committee
from feverall parts of the Kingdom, would joyn together to read all the Books,
to take notes of the Sermons in publike, to have fbme obferve and watch meet
ings in private, and draw into one all the wayes of the Se&aries, within thefe
four laft yeers, a great volume would not contain the Errours, prodigious Opini
ons, and ftrange pracYifes of thefe times : Ther's no queftionbut there are ma
ny monfters conceived by f ome in this Intermyfticall f eafon, which are not yet
brought forth, and others that are brought forth, yet like to baftard or mifliapen
children, are concealed from the publike view , mude known only to a very
few, being the hidden works of darknefle, the time not being yet come to pub-
^{h them openly: waighting onfy for the Mid-wife and nurfing mother of a To
leration
many Errours of the
lerstion, to bring them fourth and nourifh them: But though this be not a
perfect Catalogue, yet I beleeve it wi'l be found the fulled that hath yet been
made of thefe time's , and give a further Difcovery then yet we have had. I
havefcen (everali Books wiitten within thefe four laft yeers and leflc, that
give us a particular Relation of Tome Frroursand blafphemous opinions, as
learned a Maftcr Gitjktrs> but thats only of the Aminomian
ErroursibMafter£^,one of the learned and Reverend J £^^T/w I £ fir-
Comrciflfioners of the Church of Scotland t but that is on'y *•»*> *f *******?
of the Independents, Brownilts and Chiliads. c Matter P*-
g?f/, who relates more then any late Authors, but many of them areofth
old Anabaptifts,andold Sectaries of other Countries rather then of the new
and of this Kingdom. d Mr. WtU>, but his relation is chcifly d r^,Rj,Vn,aWr>,^
of the Familifts and Antinomians in New-England many f^ioftbeftmU^i-
yeers ago. But this work as it fpeaks only of the Errours n^Dto***?'00*"
and Opinions inprelent being and in £ngljnd, fo it difco- AMtf Difcovay <•/ Fe
vers more then any one Book hath, of the Errours held *
and maintained among us ; yea then all the Traftatcs extant have difcovered,
many great Errours being in thisprefent Treatiic laid down, whichare rrot
mentioned at all, neither by iheforenamed Authors, nor any other, fo that
this prefent Difcourfe will be a further improvement of our knowledge of
the Errours and wayes of the Sectaries of our times.
Thirdly, My intent in this work, is not to make a formal! confutation of
thefe Errours and Opinions; I defigncd not that when I hrft reiblved the thing
(that would be a long and great work, and not make good my prefent ends,) I
hope the naming of them will be a fiifficient confutation, efpecnlly u ith the
Ariiniadverlions,()bletvations, and Corallaries hereunto adjoyned : I have
been a faithfull gatherer together aud ftorer up, Remembrancer and Treafii-
rer of thefe Errours and Practices for the gcod of the publike, that I might in
afitleafonbringoutof my trcafure thefe things, anddifcover thcfe monfters
and rock?, th.it fb they might be of foire ufe to godly people, to make them
afraid of forfik ing the publike AiTemblies, and joyning to feparatcd Chur
ches where thefe monfters daily breed.
Fourthly, I here give the Reader a Syropfis of Sectarifme.ancl have drawn
as is were into one Table, and do prefent at one view, the Errours and ftrange
opinions fcattcred up and down, and vented in many Book?, Manufcripf, Ser
mons, conference?, &c. and have difpokd them under cei tain heads, and rut
them into their proper places, in a methodical I way for memories fake, that
the Reader may the more eafi I y find them. The Reader cannot imagine I
found them thus methodized and laid together, but confufedand divided) ly-
D ing
A Catalogue and Difcovery of
ing far afunder, one or two in one book, fome in another ; others in this ma-
nufcript,others in that ; this errour vented at fuch a private meeting,that errour
in fuch a Sermon, this opinion at fuch a conference : For many of thefe opini-
ons,the very fame opinions and errours are maintained and held over and over
in feverall books and manufcripts, fo that to have given them the Reader as I
found them, would have been to have brought the Reader into a wildernefle,
and to have prefented to publick view a rude and undigefted Chaos, with an
freap of Tautologies,all which are carefully declined in this following difcourfe3
by joyning in one things divided and fcattered ; by relating but once one and
the fame errour and practice, and by forbearing to lead the Reader thorow
•woods, and over the mountains ; and in (lead of that, carrying him directly
and prefently to the bird in the neft.
Fifthly, I lay down the opinions and errours in termini*, and in their owne
v;ords andphrafcs fyllabically, as neer as potfible can be, or I can remember
them ; and that as themfelves have expretfed them in books, manufcripts, fer-
mons, conferences., which either are extant of their own fetting forth, or fet
forth by other learned godly men in print, or as I have received them from
credible fufficient witneifes. I doe not in this Catalogue and Difcovery alter
the phrafes and words of the Sectaries, giving you their fenfe in other expref-
fions ; nor fet down a Relation of their opinions by confequences and dedu-
dions., imputing that to them which by con£equences may be drawn (for I
a Sentenr.Ciuorund,mPaft.Ealcr in Galli^ de pace' hold that an utljuft way of dealing
EccleH inter Evang. pro.ursndi. Nw in bsc ca»fa etiata With men,th.OUgh in errours) ; a yea,
atque etiam c&ver.dum exijiimamw : »e»zp rie Us qui the* mfln.r mpn mz\r hold nrtininnc wlirk
f^ipttm ,uen,ur, ea omnia mb»»muf*<l»* »obis ex ea manY mtn m*Y nO1 J Opinions, WHO
confequi v:deruitur , fecurJitm re3am dijjerendi ratio- yet fee not the COnfequenceS,nay ab-
mm. Fit enimftyemmero, ut qui piaapium tenet ex Uorrp rt,nrp rnnfeniipnrpc wtiirfi TTP*-
ytealiquidcHtcItUlMtr, Uem tamen id tufci* quod ex n°ne tnole COnieqUCncCS WHlCh yet
to coiiigitur. follow upon fuch premifles ; and
therefore though in a way of argument they may be prefled upon them to
draw them off their errours, yet they may not be charged upon them : and
therefore though in the fetting down of the errours and the things thereto
anncxed,as Letters, fome phrafes and words may not be fo proper,nor fo good
Englifh ; yet the Reader muft not be offended, becaufe I would relate things
in their own words to take away all cavill.
Sixthly, For the proof and manifeftation of the truth and reality of the er
rours, blafphemies and practices contained in this prefent Tractate, that the
Reader may not reft upon my bare aflertion and relation of them, but may
have other grounds of fatisfaction for their belief^nd fo be more affected with
them, I propound thefe following particulars as grounds of proof.
i. That for divers of the opinions3errgurs and praftifes related,thcre is fuch
a noto-
;;; any Errours of iht Sectaries.
a notoriety of thcm,being To notorioufly known to thonfands,and maintained
by thoufands, every day and every place witncffing the truth of them ; that to
quote books written and fcrmons preached for them, or perfons holding
them.is to lofe time ; and when all is allcdged that can be, 'tis far beneath the
evidences that the mentioning of the things them felves give.
2. Many errours and blafphemies contained in this following Catalogue
have been complained of, and particulars given in by fiifficiem perfons to the
Parliament, Committees of Parliament, Ailcmbly of Divinc?,and others in au-
thority,of which errours 1 have had either perfect copies given me from Mini-
ftersboth of the Aft'embly and City, or relations from their mouths who have
known particularly the ftory and truth of them, which copies I keep by mee
to produce if need be, and out of which (amongft many other papers and
books) I made up this Catalogue.
3 Some of the errours ,blafphemics and practices are proved and made ma-
flifeft in the narration of the Stories and Letters following the Catalogue :
\\herein the naming of fomc perfons, places, occafions of writing, the perlbns
writ unto,their writing in a publick way,and not in a private manner, the \vil~
iingncfle to have them publiihcd, with many other concurrent circiunftances,
do declare they arc not feigned nor counterfeited, but reall and certain.
4. Of fome of thefe errours and practices here related, 1 my fclf, and other
perfons of good note and quality, have at the fame time together been car-
ivitnefles and eye-witneflcs upon the places.
5. Other of thefe errours and opinions are in divers printed books, cither
of the Sectaries thcmfdves, or of perfons of note and worth for learning and
piety, who cither after conferences with them, or hearing them preach, upon
certain knowledge have printed and attefted them to the world ; diverfe of
which printed books, efpecially thofe made by the Sectaries, I quote upon the
margent by the errours.
6. For any of the errours, blafphemies put in this following Catalogue,
which have come to my knowledge by none of the former five waves above
ipccified (which yet are not many) I have had the relation of them from godly
Minifters,and underftandmg conscientious Chriftians,with many circumftances
of names, places, conditions, timc,and confident afleverationsof the certainty
of them, the relations coming to me by providence,arxi occi'ionally fpoken of
in the hearing of others as well as my felfe, and fo delivered as there can be no
reafon in the world to think they fhould be falfe, but much every way to be-
Jeeve them true. And that the Reader may the more build upon the truth of
all things delivered in this Book ; befidcs that account I have given him alrea
dy in chefe f« parciculars, I lhall acquaint the Reader wich the courfe and way
D 2 I have
4 Caulogm and Difcoveryof
I have taken to cooie to the truth of things, and not to go upon hearfay . When
any things of this nature have been related to me, though by perfons of wonh
and conference,! have ufed to enquire of them,\vhether they were ear-witnefles
or no- if not ear-witnefles, who they had the reports from, and how they came
to know them, and where, and by whom, and upon what occafion thefe points
were delivered? if they (aid they were ear and eye witncfles, yet if there were
butonefinglewhnefle, Ihaveufedtoqueftion, uhoelfe was prefent? and to
enquire after circumftances and occafions, and accordingly have gone toother
perfons named, from one to ano:her, to find out the bottome and truth both of
Opinions held, and pracTifes ufed 5 where I could with wifdome and probabi.
lity go to finde ouc and knowthe truth, Ihavedoneit myfelfj and where my
appearing might hinder the difcovery, and eaufe perfbns to be fhie and more
referved, I have fet others to enquire , and directed them the way , and en-
created them to aske fuch andfiich queftions, and after particular enquiry, ac
cording to concurrence of circumftances and wicnefles, I have entertained fuch
things for truth, or elfe received them as falfe/ or fufpended them as doubtful!,
not to be aflerted : and that I might be the morefanhfall Relator of the opini
ons and wayes of the Sectaries of this time , and know when and where to put
more or kffe weight or credit upon informations and relations, I have a long
time uftd to write down daily the lame day, yea the fame hour (when I could
^etopportuntyof privacie) the occurrences both of opinions and pra&ifes
that concern our Se&aries, and that in fuch manner and way, that looking up.
on my papers a yeer after, lean judge of what authority the relations are:
and accordingly I have forborn to put into this Catalogue ofErrours, fbme
ftrange Opinions I have heard of from good hands (chough they may be true )
becaufe I have not had the opportunity to meet with, and further to enquire of
fbme perfbns concerning their truth 5 and becaufe fbme whom I have enquired
of, could give me no further fatisfaftion. I have taken this way, to fatisfie ths
Header, rather then all along in the feverall Errours, Blafphemies and Prafti-
fes to lay down the particular proofs ; which I think the better way upon thefe
following reafbns. L. Becaufe in many of the Errours, even contained under
one and the fame head, the proofs to be given of the truth of the thing doth arife
jmany wayes, from printed Books, from Manufcripts 5 from Sermons, from
preaching in private boufes, from Articles given in by witnefles, and from o-
thers relations; now to quote all thefe , with all particular circumftances of
time, place, &c> whereby to make out a full proof, would be an endlefle work,
and be fo long and tedious, that it would crofle one of my ends in this work,
which is to have this Difcourfe but fhort, a Manual 1 that might be for every
ones reading* 2. Becaufe fbme of thefe prrours an4Opinionscan.be proved
onty
many Err OH ft
only from Manufcripts, and relations of honeft perfons, who were ear witnef-
fes, which Manufcripts are but in the hands of a few, unknown to moft of the
Readers; and to make icferences to them, by quoting them in the margent, the
Reader were never the neerer, and then every man is not willing to be named in
Print, neither may I lawfully do it without their knowledge and leave; befides,
that were the way for the future, to deprive my (elf of the knowledge of many
opinions and praftifes, if I fhould print the names of every one that hath impar
ted intelligence to me. 3. In this Catalogue of Errours, uuder one and the
fame Errour (which for number I make but one, that I might not feem needlefiy
to multiply Errours, and that I might contract things) yet under that one Er
rour, there are more branches, it may be two or three ; now though one part
or branch of fuch an Errour as the former part is exprefly fet down in Books
that are in many hands, yet other branches are not, but only have been exprefc
led by word of mouth : Now in fuch a cafe to quote Books, (peaking but to
one part and not to the whole, might quefti on my faithfulnefle in all other par
ticulars : unto thefe I could adde more, butthefe may fuffice.
7. Yet farther to fatisfie the Reader of the truth of things contained in this
prefent Treatife^ and to flop the mouths of Sectaries, who will be ready to puc
offall, by giving out, that this Book is full of lies and fables, I dahere offer(up-
on condition that fome exemplary punifhment may pafle upon fome of the
prime Seducers and heads of thefe Sects, and fome effe ft u all courfe taken for
the future, to remedy and fupprefle thefe Errours) to make a legall proof by
witnefles,and other concurrent circumftances of the moft notorious and grofleft
matters (which may of all others feem moft queftionable) whether Errours,
Blafphemics or Practices fet down in this following Catalogue.
Seventhly, I premife this for the Chriftian Reader to remember,and for pre
venting miftakes in this work, that though I fet down andjoyn together all the
following opinions in one Catalogue, becaufe they all agree in uno tertio in
that common notion of Errour, yea all agree in Independency, and inforfaking
the communion of the Reformed Churches: yet I am far from thinking themaH
alike. A Scholar that makes a Catalogue of Books, writes down Decimofextor
as well as Folios in it, becaufe they be allBooks,and yet puts a great deal of dif
ference between the one and the other;fo do I not withstanding I put them toge
ther. All the Errours reckoned up arc not of the fir ft magn itude, nor in the high*,
eft form; fome are fundamental! Errours, overthrowing the foundation di-
f ettly, many by confequence and deduction; others are f uperftruft ures , build
ing upon the founda: ion hay,ftraw and ftubble : I put a wide difference between
ft fimple pure Independent, yea a fimple Anabaptift, who only holds that opini*
onofdenyingPcedubaptjfmgj and between an Arian, AnmrinhariaD^ Anti-
(cripturiftj*
8 A Catalogue and Difcovwy of
lcripturW,PerfecVi!t : Again,! put a difference betvv-en erroneous perfons chat
erre out oHgnorance, weakneffc, and are feduced, following thofe opinions in
Simplicity of- heart (as Corns people did Al>(bhm) and are peaceable keeping their
opinions allb to themfdves.and fuch perfons as are wilful feducerSjthe heads and
leaders of Faction, who make it their work to difturb the peace of the Church,
and to fubverc fouls. In all this difcourfe I detire to chink of Juie 2 2.23 . Andof
fome have compjjfim, making a difference' and others fave with fear^ulling tbem^&c.
Eighthly, I defire to forewarn the Chriftian Reader , and do earncftly be-
feech him for bis own good, that he be not offended, nor hindred from beleev-
ing the truth, and laying to heart the particulars laid down in this enfuing
Treatife, no not by all the clamours, reproaches that may be caft upon my Book
and perfon : It cannot be expefted, but that Satan and the Sectaries will make ic
their work,by all wayes poflible to blaft this Book,to keep from reading and be-
leeving it, as they ufed all wayes to reproach my laft Book,and to keep Chrifti-
ans all they could from reading itrBlind and erroneous zeal is violenrand what
it wants in argumentf,it will make up in clamours,lyes3and (peaking all manner
of evil falfly of them that difcoverSc lay it open>as* Lather
a Mundus non poEeftfer- - . , ' ,. . it- V • n. t j
reurCuadamnentur .- igi- (peak?; the world cannot bear that the things ot it fhould
rur ex omni parte odia.,in- j-,e condemned, therefore from every part hatreds, treache-
Iidiij calamnis. malcdiiSa . . . J .,. ~ . . c i rr t
congerunturadopprimen- iNes, calumnies, cvill I peakings are heaped toopprene that
dam hanc doftriaam & Doftrine, and thofe Teachers who oppofe it : Andthere-
edottores hos. f . ' - T ... , f* ... . .
fore let them fpeak evill as long as they will, and give out
'tis a railing lying peece$ yet let me (peak to the Reader, as the ApoiUe doth,
I Thef. 3. 3,4. That no man fauld be moved by tbefe ajfliftiont^for we told yott be
fore, that VPZ fiould fafftr tribulationteven at its come topajjet and ye ktiorp : fo now
I tell you before, that when you hear of all kind of reproaches, ye may not be
offended, John 16. i.
Now the (econd particular under this firft generall head, is to remove two
(tumbling blocks out of the way, to give an anfwer to two objections that may
be made againft this preftnt work.
i . Objeft. It may be fome will objecT: and fay, Ic is not (eafonable nor con
venient to difcover our nakednefle and weakncfle (b far to the common enemy,
it were better concealed , the enemy will make an advantage of it : TeQit not
In Gatb,pMblifl> it not in the fleets of Askglon$ieft the daughters of the Philijiines re*
Joyce, left the daughters of the uncircumcijed triumph. 2 Sam. i. 20,
Anf. The prevailing of Herefies and Se&s among us, is not now to be di/cc*^
vered and publifhed to the world : It hath not been all this time kept within
our own walls, and known only to our (elves, but hath been a long time known
abroad, and at home, and hath been declared by divers others, both in writing
and
man) Errwrf of the StQorier
and preaching before now : fo that I (hall not divulge any fecret co the com
mon enemy : all that I do is but to draw them into one, that we may fee them
as it were at once : our Errours and Schifms are fpoken of far and near by ene
mies and friends. How many Sermons have been preached beforethe Honoura
ble Houfesof Parliament, and in other publike places fpeaking of the Errours of
the time, which have been alfb printed long (inceby command of Authority,
and expofed to the view of all ? Many Learned men have given a Catalogue of
ieverall Errours, as Mr. Gxtakfr of many Antinomian Errours, Mr Bailj one of
the Commiffioners of ScotJjndof other Errours, and DfFeatlyy Mr P^get, with
fome others: In Books upon all occ*fions,'tis ; confefed t M> Colemans
by men of' fcverall judgemcns, and denied bynone3
that we have many great Errours amongft us : many Er-
rouri have been complained of to the Houfes of Parli- ana o^iom that the
armnt, Committees, A&mb'y, and examined/poken *
of in the presence of many ; befides that fbme Errours a re vented, even of the
grofleft fort in Print, as in Pilgrimage of Saints, Bhudy Tevet, sJMgrtaltty of the
fouly Afjn of finne dijcovtnd, cum mnltit aliit : Yea, (bme of the Sectaries have in
their writings publidied and acknowledged, there arc many forts of Opinions
among us, hence taking occaQon to wrke for a Toleration of all , as Anabap-
tifts, Antinomians, eK. and the great Hiftorian and Chronicler of the Seftariea
(the Moderate Inttlligtncer }Num.^ d.who writes their lives and deaths,and crum
pets forth their victories and praiies Co immoderatly as if they did all: and hath
published to the world^fome weeks ago, that there are twenty feverall opinions
in the Army; and hath pleaded more then once for liberty of confcience for
them all j fo that I by writing in this kind of the Errours of the time, cannot be
guilty of difcovering our nakedneflejthe enemy having known fo much before.
But why ftand I to prove that our Herefics and Schifms are openly known in
E?g/<w4f,when as their (bund is gone into all Lands.into HolIand^alan^France,
yea to Nw-Eagl*nd1 The Wtlacbrian Clartis, in their Letter to the London Sy
nod complain much of Hercfies, Schifms 3 Errours, confufions in Religion
Spreading in the City, which by fuch an exprerte, holy and facred oath is bound
to God to caft out all Errours, Hcrefies, Scifmsout of the houfeof God.
c M^ny Letters have been written over into En- c Confirm, guarund. ccntrwrf. JIGU-:
land out of Holland, from Minifters and Profef- *MM.»Me Epift* *<* •$>»«/. Load.
f r /• L i / f/i/T-r>i i J «(bcent renfctemi* vefir*, quomodo em*
lOUrS 01 fcnOOlS (mtn ZealOUtly affected tO the r.e^ref^mgentuinultum^rmnti^ulti-
caufe of the Parliament) complaining of the f^f^f^^'^^^^fi^^
T? oft. Jr. I.-/- n° i-i F°> jna eir>>r^rn degmata faffim tn
trrOUrS, bettS and SchllmS amongit US, WhlCb
have been communicated to fomo prime me**
bersot the Affembly and others. New- England *»*(«. e
much of the Herefks, Errours, and all forts of S,e&s amongft us,
wondring
IO A Catalogue and Discovery of
c Nen> England at fuek a dtftnce knorces not fa c WOndrfng that the AfleiTlbly (tlffers
"^r^X^"---^"** 'he™' ^dchacchcydonotftirre up the
dNew -Emends lamentation, for Old Enjlands Parliament tO fuprefie them* d Mr She--
prefer erwrt.JltrmeJ; Letter of U. Sbepards. ^/ Letter written from thence, fteWCS
their knowledg of the herefies, errours and fefts amon-gft us, fb that our er-
rours and fchifmes fb publikely known to the world, cannot be concealed from
0x/0ftJ.Seeing then there are To many errours and monfters of opinions fpoken
of in all places, I cannot be taxed for the difcovery of thar which was before
concealed, but in this work am only a gatherer together of tbofe errours that
were (battered, which by Gods bleffing may be ameanes to keep many from
falling into fchifme feeing fuch monfters in that way, and to caule many to re-
turne, when they finde that they never dreamt of nor intended.
Secondly fuppofing our errours to be known, which is fully proved in my
firft Anfwer, I then Secondly fay, 'tis fofarre from being unleafbnable and in
convenient, that 'tis moft neceflary, that (bme Miniflers, who are friends to the
Reformation, and 2ealots for the parliament, (hould Jay them open to the full,
by teftifying againft them and difclaiming thcm,that (b our enemies may not fay,
wee favour and countenance them ; and one of my great ends in this Traftate,
istotakeaw^yoccafion from the common enemy to blafpheme the Reforma-
cion^and fpeak ill of the Parliament, by our not owning them, butfpeaking as
much againft herefie, fchifme and all errours as any of them can.
Thirdly, I anfwer, we (hould be fo farre from being afraid to give the com
mon enemy advantage,by (peaking againft herefies and errours, that on the con
trary I may fay, we have no fuch enemies, as thofe perfons, that broach and
fpread their herefies and damnable opinions : the(e are our enemies which wee
have cauie to fear more then all the Cavaliers3the(e are the Ackansjhe accurfed
perfons, and things which are moft likely to undo us 5 and if ever the Parlia
ment and their party be ruined fwhich God prevent ) it will not be (b much by
the Cavaliers, they could not have done it, buttheherefiesjblafphemiesand
fchimes of fome among our (elves will caufe it; and therefore the finding of
theie out,and labouring to have the(eremoved3 is a work of great importance
to the faving of the Kingdom, and of great prejudice to the common enemy,
whofe hopes and confidence are much more placed in our herefies, prodigious
opinions and fchifmes, then in their own ftrength.
2, Ob. As this book will give occafion to open the mouthes of enemies, fb
ic may caufe diftra&ions and divifions among our (elves, weaken the hands of
many who are cordiall to the Parliament, apprehending themfelves to be writ
ten againft ; befides this may offend many good perfons that are not feftaries,
especially that Independents mould be put into this Cataloguejand ranked with
all forts of hereticks and fchifmatick?.
many Errourt of the Sectaries. II
•i. lanfwer cothis, asLtf^-w-didin an Epiftle othisto Sp*i*titnu upon a
like occafion 5 Spalatiituwoidd not bave had Lather at fuch a time to have wric
againftthePapifts, forfeare-ofdifturbing the publike peace : to whom Luther
thus replies, Thatf excellent indeed, thattbou tbinkgjlitnot fit tobavttbepubli'ke
peace dijlurbcd, andyetjttdgeftitfittobwc the external peace ofGoddifauitttd^not
foOSpolrtine. Shall the grievous wolves come freely to the flock, not ("paring
them ; and if the c!oggs barke to give warning of them , (ball they be faid to di-
fhirbethe peace, and caufe diftra&ions? Brethren, things are come to a good
paffejttnt heredcks and f.ftaries muft do what they pleafe^nd if any courfe be
taken by preaching, writing, petitioning, to remedy it.'tis given out by Sefta-
ries, 'tis a plot to make di vifion, difcourage the Army, difturbe the peace. I fay
no more,if this be to preferve union and peace, and to be cordiall to the Parlia
ment, to let hereticks and fcftaries do what they lift, preach, ivrit, fpread their
errours,deflroy many fouls, and no man muft fay, what do they ? curled b^ that
iiniori,peace and affeftion to the Parliament. ^Tis c LutloerM b cpift> aa GaUtt Mjjew
a golden faying of LMtber > and Worthy tO bee didbfi: rharitas ouz fervatur cum
thought of iothefe times; C*rf«t I, ,hat charity
vobicb u f(ept with the lojfi of the dittrine of faith, to
rrhicb all Mng, m£h, „ &, fhet, Cbsri.y, an A-
piflb, an Anve.llj'rom Htaven,* yea.and I will add, '««»<»« '« haz*.dauffr tkefiftty of tt*
Parliaments Reformed Religion and dot.lrtr.etf pith.
Anfo. 2. If in fuch a time as this, and fuch a cafe, when by many perfons all
the things of God are laid wafte and made null, Church, Minifter, Sacraments,
Scripcures.and whatnot > men will be offended for fpeaking,let them, 'tis bet
ter they mould be offended, then the glory of Chrift mould fuffer • 'tis an of
fence taken,and not given ; Chrift cared not in that cafe that i he Pharifees were
offended, Mat.i^. 12. 13. 14. I wonder they are not offended at the herefies
and errours daily broached3 and yet mould be offended at the discovering and
Ipeaking againft them. I have more caufe to be offended at this ob/eftion o£
theirs, and their lukewarmenefTe : wo be unto them that broach thefe errours,
and to thofe that countenance them, for every phut which my bewenly Father
krtb notplan'edyfyal'.ke rooted up.
4nfn>. 3. I name not thefe things to provoke and exafperate any, e/pecully
none of thofe who in fimplicity of heart, and under pretences of greater holi-
nefle and new light, are taken in thefe wayes ;( for as I have writ before, fb I
fay again,! put a great difference between Independency ftriftly and properly
fo cal'd^and many other feftaries^and bet ween thofe who are turbulent Sei
nes, and meerly feduced) but I write this Tra&ate to preftrve many tendec
cpnfciences from falling, by giving warning to them beforehand, as Cbri$
24» 23,24. 25.26. chat they may fear, and tremble, and look tq
E them-
12 A Catalogue and Difcowrj of
themfelves, as allbthatl might brand errours and falfe do&rine top well
thought o%and too kindly delt with in thefe times.
dnf, 4. I may jaftifie the ranking and joyning of Independents with otner
fefhries, not only becaufe all the fe&aries the ugh never fovild, are Indepen
dents, agreeing in that opinion of Independencie 5 as alfb all the fe&aries., the
worftofthem ( even thofe who deny the Scriptures, the Divinity of Chr.ift,e^c,)
do (sparace ff om the Church of Evglaa-d, reKifing communion with her in the
Sacraments and other Ordinances as the Independents da, butbecaufethe In
dependents do joy n themfelves with the other fe&aries adhering to them, and
to this day have never flood as a divided party from them, but upon allocca-
iions have and do make one common body with ihem,to hold together againft
the Orthodox and Presbyterians : I am able to give many inftances of many of
the Independents.,both Miniften and people, pleading for the Anabaptifts, An-.,
tinomians and other fcftaries, that they might be tolerated as well as them
felves ; and upon all occafions of complaints againft feverall fe&s, fiding with
them to bring them off 5 yea , their joyning together in choiie of Burgeffes for
Parliament , ancjin divers other matters againft the Presbyterians j asalibin
doling together in Church- fellow mi p, Independent Churches admitting of and
continuing Anabaptifisj Antinomians to be members ; befides not cenfiiring
vild fe£tarks Cas Seekers) who have fallen from their Churches : (b that I do
the Independents no wrong to put them in the fame Catalogue with other,
fe&aries, themfelves having in fo many particulars gone hand in hand with
them : but that which is the fulleft demonstration of all other >is this. The fefta-
ries beingnow hot upon the getting of a Toleration, there were fbme meetings
lately in the City, wherein tome perfbns of the feverall fe&s, fome Seeker?,
lome Anabaptiile3 fbme Antinomians, fomeBrownifts,fome Independents met;
fome Presbyterians alfo met with them, upon their defire the bsiter to under
hand what they would have • the intent of which meeting was^to confider how:
all thefe might have the liberty of their way and practice in this Kingdom^and
!» perfwade the Presbyterians to be willing toit,andtohelpetoeffeftitfor
them : now the refult of thefe meetings was, that all thefe feverall fe&s were
agreed and held together for pretended liberty of conference, the Independents
as well as theothers holding together with the reft of the ftft?, asbuckleand
thong 5(0016 profefTmg at one of the meetings, it was the fin ofthis Kingdom
that the Jewes were not allowed the open profeflion and exercife of their reli
gion amongft us ; only the Presbyterians diflented and oppofed it. And much
about the fame time that this meeting was in London^ in another p?ace fbme of
thebeftofthe Independents, were not aftamed to move for a Toleration, no?
only for themfeives, butaJlothw of the fcft» that agreed in fundamentals
againft Popery,
The
13
THefecond partofthis Traftate, and indeed theprindpall (to the better
undemanding whereof the firft pare tended, and upon which alfothe
third and laft is grounded ) P-ts down the Catalogue it felf, containing many Er-
roUts, Blafphemies and Praftifesof the feftariesofthis time, together with a
Narrative of fome remarkable PafTages and ftories ; as alfb, fbme Letters, and
an extract of Letters concerning the prefent Scfts. Now the Errours, Herefies,
Blafphemies in this Catalogue particularized, may be referred to fmeen heads
or forts Of S.jftarie?,,as namely, i . Independent?. 2. BrowniuV. g.Chiliafls^or
Millenaries. 4. AntinomiaiK. 5. Anabaptilis. 6. Manirvfterians or Armini
"5ns. _7. Libertines, 8. r1 amilfft57~p7^Entrmfiafts. TO. Seekers and Waiters.
TTPeitlcYtfts. 12. Socinians. 13. Brians. i\. Ar]tiTrTnt^rian?.~T^.
fcrlpturilfs. 1 6. kcepticks ana i^asiiioniitr^wno queltion every thing in roar
"^ters of Religion ; namely, all the /uricles cf F"aith,and fidt Principles ofchri-
ftian Religion, holding nothing positively norcertainly3 faving the doftrine of
pretended liberty of confcience for all,and liberty of Prophesying. And in one
or other of thefe lixceen formes, may all the Errours an J Blafphe mies reckoned
up in the fallowing Catalogue be well placed, and unto one of thefeheads ea-
lily reduced ; yea, for many of thefe errours, the very fame are held not only by
one for( of the furcnamed fefts, but by divers cf them. And I dcfire to commend
to the Readers ferious and fad confideration} three particulars concerning the
erroure and feftsofthis time j and th- rather, becaufe they were not fo common
to the fefts in the ages before, at leaft nor the two firft. i. That amongall thefe
(brts of ftfts and (eftaries, there are hardly now to be found in Er-ghtti ( for to
thisKingdonij and to thefe four laft years do I confine my felf all along in this
dilcourfejany feft thats fimple and pure, and nor mixr and compounded, that is,
any feft among them all) which holds only the opinions and principles of its
own Way, without enterfering and mingling with the errours of other feels ;
as for example,whcrecan a man finde a Church of fimple Anabaptifbpr fimple
Antinorrtians, or fimple pure Independents, each of them keeping to thefe
own principles, as Anabapriftsto Anabaptifrnp, Independents to Independen-'
cie,and holding no other ? but rather do we not fee by experience, t hat both the
leverall kinds of fec*ts,an^ moft peffons of each kinde, are compounded of many,
yea,fjm:ofall : One and" the fame fociety of perfons in otir times-, being bbth
Anabaptifticall, Antinomiart, Manifeftariart, Libertine, Socinhir, Millenary,-
Independent, EnthufiafHcall ? yea, among the Independents (who ate of all the
reft accounted beft) where can any man flieW me an Independent Church ftricl:-
ly fb called, or a man of them hardly,who fymbolizes not with the other fefts,
holding befide rndependency, neither the opiriibrJsoftheCbiliafls,rjorofthe
Libertines, nor other ftrange opinions! TheAfmy that is fo much fpoken of
upon all occasions in the news Books, Pulpit?, Conferences, to be Independent
E 2 (though
Catalogue and Difcaveryof
("though I conceive upon good information, that upon a true mufter of the
whole. Commanders and common fouldiers, there would not be found above
one in fix of chat way) yet of chat Army3card by the feftaiies, Independent, and
of that pare of it which truly is io, I do not ibink there are 50. pure Indepen
dent s,but higher flown, more Seraphicall fas a Chaplain, xv ho know swell the
ftateofthat Army, expreiled it) made up and compounded ofAnabapdfme,
AntinomianifmejEnthufiafrne, Arnrinianifrne, Familifme3all thefe erroursand
more too (bruetimes meeting in the fame perfbns, ftrange monfters, having
their heads of Enthufiafrne, their bodies of Antinomianifme, their thighs of
Fami'ifrne, their leggs and feec of Anabaptifme, their hands of Arminianifrne,
and Libeninifme as the great vein going thoro\v the whole j in one word, the
great Religion of that fort of men in the Army, is liberty of confcience, and
liberty of preaching. But heretofore, both in times more ancient and latter,
and in other Countries,feverall (efts kept themfelves more to their own proper
tenets, without that generall confuflon of each running into all, as the Arians,
Novae ians and others, in the firft fix hundred years, and the Antinomians in
Lutbers time. Secondly, That all thefe forts of fcfts, how different foever, yea
and contrary to one another in many principles and opinions, yet all agree in
thefe times in (eparating from our Church, refufing comunlonin our publike
.Affemblies, and in difallowing the authoritative power of Clafles and Synods ;
all the fefts, yea the worft of them, as the Antifcriprarifts, Arians, Antitrinita-
rians, Perfeftifts, being Independents and Separatists ("though all Independents
and Scparatifts be not Arians, Antinomians, #r.)which deferves the more to be
thought on, because in the Primitive times , fame heriticks ard feftaries
would, have been glad of communion in warfhip with the Orthodox;
,»Theodoret.H«et. Fabul- ( a Anws defired to be received into the Church of Alex-
fffcfcC4p.de.Aria. andria again, and made fuch friends to CoKftantixe, that
upon his pretending repentance, he commaflded Alexander th^ Bilhop ofAIex-
attdria, to give him the hand of fellowflbip and to admit hiro)as alfo they appro
ved of the power of Synod sand Councels,comming unto them. TheArians5
Donatift&and other Sectaries held many Councels, as that o{Tyrw,4ntioibiat
the firft Gouncel olCartbtge'm Conftantines dayes ; of thde and many more we
read of in Ecckfiafticall Hittories, I never read of any Independent Minifter in
all the Primitive Churches (no not amongft the SeftariesJ for the firft fix hun
dred years, lave only in the dayes of Attrelita Bifhop of Carthage, who living in,
the6ftCemury 3 in an African Synod and Councel held at Carthage declares;
r™ a fa There are many who confpiring with their
fe Codex Canonum EecleH Akncanx.5J. Can. a •/ , ff
ctuiftoph. juftello. sunt enim P-lcriq; confpirantes own proper people vebo they dd decewejcratcb-
pkbibus propriis, quas decipiunt,ut diflu^ eft, . ^ y ^^y earef and With fair /beeches
m fcalpantesaures, blandi ad feducendnnvvi- % 6 » . J Jf
- fedrtcwg) nMtofaloeJehfe, or rawtr puffed
cum
earum
many Errours of th& S€&aries. 1 5
ftpi fgparating tLemfelveS from this fodfty, fortiofeparit-jqui putant propriarplebi incubsn.
i • L +1 ,,.(lA*t0nA*ntlntivt\vx)Yitirn- dum,& nontmnquaroconverii ad Concilium veni-
in{ they mufl attend to their own p. a- ^ dc>traaant . j£ forte ne proddutar flagitia me
L *i • L +1 ,,.(lA*t0nA*ntntivt\vx)Yitirn- um, nontmnquarocneri
vtk* tbin{ they mufl attend to their own p. a- ^ dc>traaant . j£ forte ne proddutar^ flag
ptr people* and being open called to the Conn- tuemes. The words »» the Greece fJt $
celjefttfe to come along, It ft their abfitrdities V0i yx TW TA T«W *ToariW]a
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and novdties fhould be ^covered and m*de
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mantfef} agamft whom Aurelitts moved,
that they might be deprived of all authority over their proper people , or rebellto»r
and difordtrtyy which wasconfented to and voted by the whole Synod, faying
placet, placet. Thirdly, That for the errours and opinions laid down in this
Catalogue, fome are contrary aud contradictory to others of them, fo that ma«
ny of thefe errours fight among themfel ves ; this indeed is one great diffe rence
between truth and errour?that truth though it be con- Bonum noncft contrarium bona,
trary toerrour, yet one truth is never contrary to a- *^&&£^S£
nother, truch is one and unifonne • but many errours cft unum, roendacimn vcromahf-
are not only contrary to truth, but to errours alfb ; P'6*
yea fome of theie errours are mod contrary to what ever could have been ex*
pe&ed ; many of the perfons \yho hold thefe opinions being fallen into fome of
the errours of Popery, Amnnianifm,Libertinifme and thofe of the groffeft lore,
(as the Reader in the Errours hereafter named may more eafily perceive) which
they (poke fo much againft heretofore, and for fear of which camming in upon
us, they firft began to forfakethisChurchjfo that they have wheeled & wheeled
about Co long on the right hand, that they are perfectly come round to the lefc«
Tks Catalogue oftlx Errottriy Herefief, Btafpbemief) is as follows*
i. T* Hat the Scriptures cannot be faid to be the word of °f **• scnpw,. vide
11 ^.i • n i ,. ttetnd frtnte* Letter-
A God ; there is no Word but Chrilt , the Scnpures „,/£• eoffj eftJtnicfa.
<y
are a dead letter , and no more to be credited then the writ-
tings of m^n.noc divine,but humane invention.
2. That the Scripture, whether a truemanufcriptor pdCT^;««m«w Pi?grim.ofc"
no, whether Hebrew, Greek or Englim,is but humane, saint$3iy. uwr. ciarckfon.
and fo not able to discover a divine God. Then where M your command to
make that your Rule or Difcipline, that cannot reveal you God, nor give you
power to waike with God > (b that Chrift letting out himlelf as he is in him*
&If,ought to be a Chriftians Rule in obedience to bi'mlelf.
3. Thatthe Scriptures are unfafficient and uncertain, there is no certainty
to build any D jftrine upon them,they are not an infallible foundation of faith;'
4.- As the condition of*s4dam, Noah, Abrabam^ CMofet, &c. was, that they
did walke with God by the teaching of God, fo is ours : that is not to limic
Chrift to AdtKyNoab, Abraham, Mofes,T>avid, John and the Difciples, As they
vverenoc to tye God co any things before ttarn recorded, but each of them
E 3 had
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had a new record •, fo are not we to limk God in the generall records of thofe
paths, but wait upon him in she enlargement of the Gofpell what he will re
cord you jand far be k from me EO conclude either in Doftrine or pra&ife, that
half of his glory is revealed aisyetr As that I ftould endofe Chrift in fucha
THgrim. of ftiall compafle as we have recorded: though I re/oyce to understand it
in the Searching thereof, yet prefiing toward the marks for the price
of the high calling ofGod, waiting what he will record in my heart, and in that
me. afore worfhiphirain fpirit and truth from the teaching of the Spirit.
5. That ihs holy writings and fayings of Mfis and the Prophets, of Chrift
and his Apoftles, and the proper Names, Persons and things contained therein
are Allegories, and thefe Allegories are the myftery and fpirimall meaning of
them.
6. That the Penmen of Scripture,every one of them, writ as rhemfllves cctH
ceived,they were the actions of their own fpirit • and for what is {aid they ivere
moved by the holy Ghoft, that was no other Spirit then that which moved them
to writ and (peak other things, for in him we live and move and have our -
being.
7. That the Script ures of the old Teftarnent, do aot conceme nor binds
Chriftians now under the new Teftament : fa that when places of Scripture are
brought out of the old Teftament to prove Points, many S^ftaries make (light
of them, and fay, Give us a text out of the new,we are ignorant of the old ; and
hereupon fbme of them do not binde the old Teftament with the new, nor
read it.
8. That right Reafon is the rule of Faith, and that we are to beleeve the
Scriptures, and the Doftrine of the Trinity3Incarnation, Refurreftion, fofar as
we {ee them agreeable to reafon, and no farther.
9. That the new Tefhment3nor no place of Scripture in it, binds any further
then the Spirit for prefent reveales to us that fuch a place is the Word!ofGodi
10. To read Scripture in Englimtoamixc Congregation without prefent
expounding it, is dangerous, and wor/e then to read icinLatine ; for in Latinei
as it doth no good, (b it doth no harme.
of GOD. l !• ThatGod hath a hand in, and is the Author of
. Comfort for Be- thefinfullnefle of his people ; that he is the Authour
4wS$- not of thofe Aaions alone, in. aod with which fin is,
it. but of the very Pravity, Ataxy 9 Anomy , Irregularity
and finfullneffe it felf which is in them.
12. That all Lyes come forth out of the mouth of God.
b Thefir/i branch of thh Errouri* vertatfo ^- b Tis the will and command of God, that
in Bloody Tenet, inthe Preface. fiuCQ- the Coming of Wfi Son the Lord JefuS, 3
perrniilionofthemQftPaganifti, Jewi^> Turkiih, or Antichriftian confciences
and
many Errourt of the Seftariet. 1 7
andworftripbt granted to all men in all Nations and Countries: and they
are only to be fought againft with the fword of Gods Spirit, the word of God-
and for the Parliament tonfe any civ ill coercive meanes to compell men of
different judgments one of the greateft fins that can be named, 'cis committing
a greater rape, then if they had forced or ravilhed the bodies of all the women
inthe world. d Yeajif it be mens consciences, the Migi« d Loft t^t tab bum jfak(niy
ft rate may riot puniuY for blaiphemies, nor for deny ing fime «»?»«* stitarii,. *
f fie Scriptures,nor for deny ing there is a God.
14, Thacnonwn was caft into hell for any fin, but only becaufe God
would have it fo.
15, Th^t a man had life before God breathed into him, and that which God
breathed into, him was part of the divine Eflence, aodfhall returne unto God
again,
\6t That we mould think of our felves no better then was meet, for
God loves the creatures that creep upon the ground as well as the beft Saints;
and there is no diftance between the flefti of a Man,and the flefh of a Toad.
^17. That the prince of the. ayr that rules in the children of difobedknce is
God 5 and that there is no other fpirit but one , which Spirit is God.
18. That God hath not decreed all the actions of men, becaufe men doing
what God decreed, do not fin.
1 9. That God was never angry nor difpleafed with man 5 for if he were ever
difplealed and pleafed again, then there is a changeabfenefle in God.
20. That God loved net one man more then another before tne world, nei
ther is there an abfokte particular Qleftioti, bus only ^nerall and conditionall
upon perfeverance ; and the Scripture no where fpeaks of Reprobates or Re-
probation.
21. That the foul dies w«h the body, and all things (hall have an end* but
God only, (hall remain for- even.
22. Every creature in thefirft creation was God, and every creature is God,
every creature that hath life and breath being an efflux from God, and (hall re-
rurne into God again,be fwallowed up in him as a drop is in the ocean.
23. That to a faving knowledge of God.it fufficeth „
not to know him in the book of nature - nor fscondly Zg^&S^t
as revealed in the holy Scriptures; but that weiuuft fo*/™"'^"" <///.-«»> we.
know him as abftraft from his mercies and all his attributes.
24. That in the Unity of the God- head there is not a Trinity ofPerfons,
pi^t the Doftrine of the Trinity beleevedand profefTed in the Church of God3
«aPopi(h tradition and a Dod^ineof Rome.
2=j. There are not three diftinft Perfons in the Divine Eflence,buc only three
Offices 5 the Father, Son and holy Ghoft are not three Perfons,but Offices.
26. That
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vitc proof »ftim in thefirjiLemr. 26. That thercis buc one Pdrfbn in the Divine nature,'
of CHRIST. 27. That JefusChrift is not very God, not God tflen-
vide fits priof of tki, 3 in the tially, but nominally, not the eternall Son of God by
eternall generation, no otherwife may he be called the
Son of God but as he was man.
28, That Chrifts humane nature is defiled with originall fin as well as ours,
Chrift had from the birth to his death the fame originall corruption as ours, he
Vide potfofM, M thefrjl Let- t°°k OUr ffQ ™° hi$ ^^ ™ wdl 3S OUr flefll Upon
ier,andin the fourth Letter, and him : Chrift is not of a holier nature then we • butin
'*"'"*> MlS- ^this appsares Gods love to us, that he will take one
of us in the fame conditition, to convince us of what he is to us, aid hath made
us to bain him : me thinks the beholding of Chrift to be holy in the flemisa
difaonour to God, in that we mould conceive holinefie out of God,and again a
dilcomfort to the Saints, that he thould be of a more holy nature then they, as
being no ground for them to come neer with boldneflk to God.
of tin, » jn JLntcU: gw Z9- Tfa« jwedid look for great matters from one
ft o» Thomas Webb, and crucified at Jerufalem 1 6 hundred yeares ago, but that
ird fritted Letter. doeg us no gOOdjit muft be a Chrift formed in us, the
deity united to our humanity, Chrift came into the world to live thirty two
years,and to do nothing cHe that he knew, and blefled God he never trufted in
acrufified Chrift,
30. Chrift was true man when he created us : yea from eternity, and though
he had not fleft,yet was he very man without flcft.
31. That Chrift died for all men alike, for the reprobate as well as for the
demand that not only fuffidently, but eflfc&ually, for Judat as well as Ptter,
for the damned in hell as well as the Saints in Heaven.
32. That by Chrifts death, all the fins of all the men in the world, Turk?,
Pagans, as well as Chriflians committed againft the morall Law and firft Cove
nant, are a&ually pardoned and forgiven, and this is the everlafting Goipel.
33. That Cbrift did only fatisfie for the fins againft the firft Covenant, buc
not for the fins againft the fecond Covenant, as unbelief he died not for the uu-
jbelicfofany.
34. Chrift died only for finspaft, i.e. before the Gofpel is revealed to the
finner, and the fins of men committed after converfion Chrift died not for, buc
they are pardoned by his being a continuall facrifice,
35. Every man Satisfies for himfelfe for the fins againft the fecond Cove-
mnt,namely unbelief: becaufe hethat beleeves not,the wrath ofGod abides up
on him j fo that for a years unbelief a man beares a years wrath, and this is all
the latisfacYlOn God requires. Vifefirji printed Letter fir proof.
3 6 . That no man (hall perilh or go to hell for any fin but unbeleef only.
37. Tfaac
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37. That the Heathen who never heard of Chrift by the Word, have the
Gofpel j for every creature, as the Sun, Moon and Scars preach the Goipel to
men, and in them is revealed the knowledge of Chrift crucified, and fin par-
doned,if they had eyes to fee it.
38. Thole Heathenthat perifti., doperifti only for not belccving according
to the Gofpel they enjoy.
3?, a Chrift did not by hisdeathpur- ***rtK&*>\s<rm.cirijiibe effect tkeca*/e*f it*
t_ r ff J r • c M / tovetfGfilip.A 7tVidcv4ttimaJontbc4Ltntr which
cnaieureand fa.vationrora l,nonortor wtif»t^etbtiieade^b»recbnfli,botk thef,uit*K<t
the e'eft:For it was not the end of God the c?*fe '/ GWt {<•"«;«*' «'>A «•'«•/ in fact ignorant
i • c x->U •/! L r 'BtchMict(t M Hooiun^anjejrjm not btin,' Me tod't-
in tnC COmmg Ot Cnnlt tO pUrCrUie Jtinguijh tire caufei of our ^jii^cathn <tnli Salvation.
Jove and life; but Chrift hiillfelf Was ^fi^^fifrmtcaufetit the unJeferVe4 grace arJ
l_ /• j !_• i i i . t J'vatftf(je4ytl}eiatvinganaattntontitti:auje,iire*
purcnaled by love, that nee might de*pint#tnc6Brili«intierck*fid*jCbrift'itkci»-
make out love and purchafe us to ^T?rf"/lIP*l>rf5;-l*t/T " W':'.4' !' '?'
bloud c/ Cbrjn \tht pntjyi tht gh<y tf Ged in tt:e <U-
lOVe. cjtntitn tfkii tigbteoujneffi anJfttttf^liuffe.
40. b Chrift Icfas came into the world to whnefle fcvi;f>«'^ Litter pr^f.
and declare the love of God tons, nor to procure it for u?, or tofatisfie God
(as tome fay J Chrift was a moft glorious publisher of the Gofpel, he was fent
top reach the Gofpe!, to heal the broken hearted; to preach deliverance to the
captives : in all that Chrift faith to be the end of his coming, is not a word men
tioned of any thing done by him in way of fatisfying God. Chrifts coming was
more like a conquerour to deftroy the enemy in our nature, and fo to convince
us of the love of God to us,by deitroying in our nature that which we thought
ftcod between God and us.
41. J That the unftionwh'ch the S.iints are faid to /PJU| H°:>£U$ gem* imit.
42. That Chriit was a Icgall Preacher, for till after his Afcenfion the Go-
foel was not preached* Chritt lived in u dark time, and fo he preached thc'Law,
but atterwards then the Gofpel came to be preached.
43 That Chrift (hall come and live again upon the earth , and fora thou-
^nd years reign v.fibly as an earthly Monarch over all the world, in outward
$ory and pomp, putting down all Monarchy and Empires.
.J4. IhitwhenChnftinh'sownperfonhathfLibdaedthedifobedient Na
tions, then Church of the jews and Gentiles (hall live without any diftur-
i?n(?f;' ? ^ W1 " °r wlthout ic : al! Chriitians (hall live without fin, without
the W ord, Sacraments, or any Crdinance,they Hiall palTe thofe thousand ycers
in worldly ; delights, begetting many children, eating and drinking and enjoy-
ing all lawfull pleafures which all the creatures then redeemed from their an
cient flavery can afford,
?. That
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4 5. That men may be faved without Chriil , and the very Heathens are fa-
ved, if they £rve God according to the knowledge God hath given them ,
though they never heard ofChrift,
46. 1 hat the leaft Truth is of more worth then Jefus Chrift himfelf.
47. Chrift by hi1- death freed all men from a temporall death which Adams
finonlydefervedjbypurchafing themarefurreftionj and hath opened them
a way to come to the Father if they will : thus far he died for all, no farther for
any.
of ^c spirit of God, and cf 48. The Spirit of God dwelsnot, nor works ma
ny: it is but our conceits and miftakes to think fo,
'tis no fpirit that works but our own.
4?. That the fame fpirit which works in the children of difobedience, is
that fpirit which fanftifies the hearts of the eleft.
T i*te tMtoptiu* feme of tk» 50. r That there is a per reft way in this life , not by
*J"e/|l£^'wSvS^ Word, Sacraments, Prayerand other Ordinances, but
(kcs upon >/. J by the experience of the fpirit in a mans felf.
J i . That a man baptized with the holy Ghoft, knows all things even as Go J
knows all things, which point is a deep myftery and great ocean, where there'
is no cafting ancnor3nor founding the bottome.
52, That if a man by the fpirit knew himfelf to be in the ftate of grace,
though he did commit murther or drunkennefle, God did fee no fin in him.
5 3. That fanftification is not an evidence of/unification, and all notes and
fignes of a Chriftians eftate are legall and unlavvfull.
5 4. Beleevers have no inherent fanftification,nor fpirituall habits of grace
infufed into their hearts, but all their fanftification is that which is inherent in
Chriftj and they for this and no other caufe, are faid in Scripture phrafe to be'
fanctified, t ut becauie of Chrifts fanftification and inherent holinefTe.
frf., ,,1 <<> e Though Adam\ud continued in
* Of Adam andMdnkir.de. Thts vox ^retcloea . . •' * _. ° . , £. ..
*»ahoiife,antiibepreacherf<ifd3 tkh tfsa amy- hlSeftatCOf mnOCCnClC, and HOt rallen , yCt
jiery „ aii the Go$ei „„. he ^^ died a naturan death, for death now
is not a fruit of fin to beleevers,
5 6. Gods Image on man, is only our face and countenancej and every wic
ked man hath therefore Gods Image as well as good men.
57. That Adam, and fo man-kind in him, loft not the Image of God by his
fall, only incurred a temporall or corporall death, which was fufpended for a
time upon the promife of a Saviour.
58. There is no originall fin in us, only Adams firft fin was originall fin.
59. That the guilt of Adams fin is imputed to no man , no man is punifhed
for Adams fin.
. T fo That
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61. That one man is no more Ipiricuall then another, nor is there any fuch
inward difference between man and man; but all the fpiricualnefle and diffe
rence lyes without us in the Word , which guides fome men, and not others.
6 1 -That all men who have theGofpel preached to them ,and fo manifefted to
their undemanding*, ar^ immediatly without any more ado able of th^mfclvcs
to be'eeve and receive Chrift
62» There is no free-will in man either to goodorevill, either in his natu««
rail eftate or glorified eftate.
63. That there is a povrer in man to refift grace, and that the grace which
would convert one man, would not convert another.
64. Naturall men may do fuch things as wh.reunto God hath by way
of promife annexed grace and acceptation, and that „
• f • i_ • HIM*- i n. *"°* **!**• A t'inaicati m of Free-
if men improve their natural! abilities to the utmolt gracc, 3SJinft M. jchn Gtodttin.
in feeking grace, they {hall finde it.
65. That regenerate men who have true grace, may fall totally and finally
away from the ftate of grace.
66. Thatthemoralllawisofnoufeatalltobelcevers, that 'tis norulefor
beleeverstowalk by, nor to examine oftheM^su^j^cMio^FM^R^entancf,
their lives by, and that Chriftians are firf»wAfr*.Ga»k.G^r«jr«»«v"r.jrf/.
freed from the mandatory power of the law.
6j. Perfbns juftified,, are not juftified by faith, but are juftified from all e-
ternity.
68. Neither faith, ncr repentance, nor humiliation, nor felf-deniall, nor
ufe of Ordinances, nor doing as one would be done to, are duties required of
Chriftians, or fuch things as they muft exercife themfelves in> or they can
have no part in Chrift.
69. True faith is without all doubts of falvation, and if any man have
' doubts of his falvation, his faith is to be noted with a black mark.
70. That T<? credere, faith in a proper (enfe is imputed to j unification , and
.not Chrifts righteoufneflfe imputed to juftification.
71. Thatthedo&rineof repentance is a foul-deftroying doftriac.
72. In the old Covenant ("that is before Chrift came intheflefli) in the
Prophets dayes, repentance is declared as a means to obtain remiffion, and nei
ther remiflion nor the knowledge of remiffion to go before, but to follow
contrition; but this is not the Gofpel which is cftabliflied upon better pr<>
njifes.
73. That 'tis as impoflible for Chrift himfelf to finne, M- oatakerffdi «j«
as forachildofGodtorm. '"*"'* *'*
74. Th«t there ought to be no fofting dayes under the Gofpel, and that
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men ought not to aflic\ their fouls, no not in a day of humiliation.
m 75- That God doth not chaftife any of his children for (inland let beleevers
fin as faft as they can, there is a fountaine open for them to wafh inland that
cor for* he fins of Gods people/ buc for fw^arers and drunkards the land is
puni/hcd. catalog
76, That beleevers have nothing to do to take career to look to themfdyes
to keep from fin,God muftlook to them, if he will.
77. God loves his children as well finning , as praying, hearing and doing
the holieft duties; he accounts of them never the better for their good works,
nor never the worfe for their ill works.
oatak. GO*, eyt on K, ifr*ei} f 7«- That Gods children are not at all to be hum-
Preface to the Header. bled, or troubled grieved for fin attec converfion, and
.***». s&en^. 1^43. ^^ whatdidin this kuide after his foul faft of de-
nying his Maftera iflflied from the weaknefle of his faith
79, That Gods children are nottoaske the pardon and forgivenefle of
their finsjthey need nor, they ought not, and 'tis no lefle then blafphemy, foe
achildofGodtoaskepardonoffinsy 'cis infidelity to aske pardon of fins, and
Qavidt asking forgiveneffe of fin was his weaknefle,
catsk. codi eyetttjfrat}. 8o. That when Abraham denyed his wife, and in out-
Prefa:eto the Reader. warcj appearance feemed to lie iii his diftruft, lying, diflen>
bling and equivocating that his wife was his fitter, even then truly all his
thoughts, words and deeds were perfectly holy and righteous from allfpocof
finin the fight of God freely.
ptnn. Man ef fia 8 ' • The called ofGod have fin in the flefh, they have fin in the
rft/fflsere^pag.ja. converfation5but thev have no fin,neither can they have any in
the confcience; for the true faith of Gads ekft , and fin in the confcience, can na
more ftand together then light and darkncflev and this reconciles thofe two
Scriptures, Jfwefay vet have no fin, vet deceive our felvef,, and He tb^titbarntef
Gjd doth not commit finjteithtr can befacattfe he u borne of God.
82. The great Antic! irift is thatmyfticall body of iniquity which oppofeth
fefus Chrift,and not the Pope of Rome3oi any particular fucceflion of men, only
he is a part of Antichrift. Venn? makes the oppofition of Antinomian errours
to be the man of fin and the great Antichrift, as is to be feen in feverall pages
ofhiBtJWanoffindifcovered. And Sectaries make them who deny Chrifts dy
ing for all, to be Antichrift : others make Ancichriftianifme to confift in the,
coercive power of the Magiftrate in mattersof Religion.
fbeScuJ' ^1* Thatthefbul ofman is mortallas thefbal of
Lrt3to* a beaft,and dies with the body.
bt& fy jhat {he foul of the fiutbfoll after death, do
fleep
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deep til the day of judgement , and arc not in a capacicy of afting any thing
for God , buc 'cis with them as 'tis with a man that is in Tome pleafing
dreamt.
85. That the bodies of the fakhfull (hall not rife again at the refurreftion,
("namely the fame that died) but their fbulesmall have other bodies made fie for
them, either by creation or faftion from fome preexifting matter, and though
the bodies be new, yet the men are the fame, becaufe the fame fouls remaine
mil.
8<5. Infants rife not again, becaufethey are not capable of knowing God,
and therefore not of enjoying him.
87, That the perfection and reftirrefttonfpokenofby Paul, i.Cor. 15, 5 r.
52.53.54.55,56.57. the hope fet before us,the eternall inheritance , a City ha
ving foundations, whofe builder and maker is God, are to be attained in the
fullnefTe and perfection of them now in this prefent ti me, before the common
death of the body.
88. That none of the foules of the Saints go to Heaven where Chrifl is, buc
Heaven is, empty of the Saints till the refurre&ion of the dead.
Sp There is no refurrecYion at all of the bodies of men after this life, nor
no Heaven nor hell after this life,nor no devils.
90, There (hall be in thelali day a reftirreft ion from the dead of all the
bruit creatures, all beafts and birds that ever lived upon the earth, every indi-
viduall of every kinde of them that died (hall rife again, as well as of men, and
all thefe creatures (hall live for ever upon the earth.
91 There is no hell but in this life, and that's thelegall terrours andfeares
which men have in their confciences.
92. That there isno Church of Chrift upon the earth, o/tte chunk, c^tnt w~
no true Miniftery, no Sacraments, no Go/pel, no faith, »»#>*»«' s«r«»«;»/.
becaufe there are novifiblenor infallible gifts.
93. No man is damned but for re jefting theGofpeljand none can reject the
Go/pel, butthofewho have it tendred unto them, as they hail in the Apoftles
dayes being confirmed by miracles.
94. That the pure preaching of the Word,and righ adminiftration of the Sa?
ments^renonotesnorfignesofa true vifible Church,
9y 'Tis the will of God that miracles (hould attend the Miniftry, theApo-
ftlea make a marriage of doftrine and miracles, fo that they who preach the
Goipe!,muft be fogifced astoconfirme it by Cgnes and wonders.
96. That many Chriftians in the(e dayes have more knowledge then the A-
poftle?, and when the time is come that there (hall be true Churches and Mi-
niftery ercfted,they (hall have greater gift?, and do greater miracles then the A:-
F 3 pottles
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potties ever did, becaufe the Chriftian Church was but then in its infancy.
97. That there ought to be in thefe times no making or building of Chur-
ches,norufe of Church-ordinances, as miniftring of the Word, Sacraments, but
waiting for a Church,being in a readinefs upon all occafions to take knowledge
Pilgrimage of of any pafienger, of any opinion or tenet whatfoever ; the Saints
sa:nw,a:idMs. as pilgrims doe wander as in a Temple of frnoak, not able to
finde Religion, and therefore ihould not plant it by gathering or building a
pretended fuppofed Houfe3but jfhould wait for the coming of the Spirit, as the
Apoftles did.
98. There is a falvation that {hall be revealed in the laft times, which was
not known to the Apoftles themfelves.
5?p, That within awhile God will raife up Apoftles,men extraordinarily en
dowed with vifible and infallible gifts to preach the Gofpel, and that {hall pre
cede the fallof Rome.
* BwtfaeApofflcPrtertehu^prt.a.ifclo,.,. IOO« * That ™ POmtS of Religion, ^
We t»ve a mere foreword of prophede,whereunto even in the Articles of faith, and pnn-
ye do welt th« ye t,-.ke bnd,&c.stiritw fins* »>» r;n|M of ReliVion there's nothin? cer-
epfcepiMuwcMiAnteSiniMtsiacwtitmtntpri, C1P^S <» imiglOn, WICIC S notlllllg tcr-
jfriffttjftdfffertitntififfi vita, &ovmi exfericn- tainly to be bcleeved and built on, one-
ly that all men ought to have liberty
of confcience, and liberty of prophefying.
1 01 . That the Scriptures no where fpeak of Sacraments, name or thing.
102. That the Covenant, whereof Circumcifion was the feale, wasonely
of temporall promifes, as Ex. Cj. of the land of Canaan; that the Covenant
God made with Abraham had nothing Ipirituall in it j and that Circumcifion
was a feal of the righteoufnefle of faith to no other but to Abraham alone
quatentu a father, and not to his children,
103. That Baptifm is not a feal nor figne of the Covenant of grace.
104. That Pcedobaptifme is unlawfulland Antichriftian, and that 'tis as
lawfull to baptize a Cat, or a Dog, or a Chicken, as to baptize the Infants of
beleevers.
105. 'Tis as lawfull to break any of the ten Commandements, as to bap
tize an Infant : yea, 'tis as lawfull to commit adultery and murther, as to
baptize a childe.
confeff.ofFaithof io£. That baptizing belongs not to Minifters onely , all
Anabapt.Art.4i. gifted brethren and preaching Difciples (though no Mini
fters) may baptize.
pilgrimage of 107. Baptizednefl'c is not eflentiall to the Baptizer, nor eflentiall
the saints, to preaching; fo that perfons not onely not in office, but not fo
much as baptized3 may both baptize and preach,
1 08. Mi-
f
many Erroitrt of the Stffariet. 2 5
108. Miracles are eflentiall to the admmiftration holden forth in pilgrimage
the commiflion of Baptifme, Matt. 28.19.
i op. That none are to be admitted to the Lords Supper, though beleevers
and Saints,nor their children to be baptized, but onely they who are members
in a Church-way.
1 10. There is no Scripture againft a mans being often baptized; nei
ther is it more unlawfull to be baptized often, then to receive the Lords Sup
per often.
in. That Chrifts words in the Inftitution of his Supper, This is my body 3
and Tki* it my blond, are to be underftood literally.
112. That Chriftians in receiving the Lords Supper fhould receive with
their hats on, with their heads covered j but the Minifters fhould adminifter.
it with their hats off, uncovered.
113. That 'tis as necefiary to be joyned in
rM. u c ii n • • L /"L TL L IT j j f'<te Doore of truth opened, 111
Church-fellowlhip, as with Chrift the Head ; and anl-Wer to Truth Chut out of door*,
there's fuch a neceflky of cntring into a Church- Hse i°- This is as faife as a-
« n • c f \ ' n>' Doflrioe that is prca.hcd ia
way, as there is no expectation of lalvation ^trne.
without it.
114. That the Church of Sngland and the Miniftery thereof is Antichri'
ftian,yeaof the Devil 1, and that 'tis abfolutelyfinfull and unJawfull to hear
any of their Minifters preach in thtir Aflemblies.
115. That the Church of Rome was once a true Church, but iowas the
C hurch of £wg/W never, therefore 'tis likelier the Church of Rome fcould
beintherightintheDo&rinesof Free-will, univeriall Redemption, Origi
nal I fin, &c. then the Ch jrch of England.
1 1 6. That the calling and making of Minifters of the Word Ctm^S'- s*™™,
and Sacraments are not jure T)iuino9 but a Minifter comes to be P
io, as a Merchant, Bookfeller, Tailor, and fuch like.
117. That all fetled certaine maintenance for Minifters of the Gofpd,
efpedally that which is called Tyths, is unlawfull., Jewifli and Antichri-
ftian.
1 1 8. That Minifters of the Gofpel in thefe dayes ought to work with
their hands, and to follow fome calling, that they may not be chargeable to
the Church.
i ip That there ought to be no diftincl order of Minifters, nor no fuch cal
ling of fome perfons diftind and feparated from the people ; but that all men
who have gifts are in their turns and courfes, by the appointment of the reft
of the company, to preach,pray, baptize, and they are for that turn in ftead of
Mimfters>and as Minifters.
120, That
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of preaching and H^ing, of J 2°- That all dayes are a like to Chriftians under
f raying jtngtngofpfaimet, of the the new Ttftament, and they are bound no more to
"*'• tfee obfsrvation of the Lords day , or firft day of the
week then to any other,
121. That the Jewifti Sabbath or Saturday is dill to be kept by Chriftians
For their Sabbath,
122. That Chriftians are not bound to m?et oneway infeven constantly, ac
cording to the manner of the Nations, nor to pray and preach thus long,
and in this manner two or three houres, according to the cuifome of the
Nation?.
1 23 . No man hath more to do to preach the Golpel then another, but every
man may preach the Gofpel,as well as any.
1 24. That 'cis lawfull for women to preach, and why mould they not, hav
ing gifts as well as men > and fomc ofchero do actually preach , having great
retort to them,
125. Tis a part ofChriftian liberty of Chriftians, not to hear their own
Minifters,but to go and heare where they will, and whom they think they may
profir moft by.
126. That 'tis unlawfull to worflilp God in places conftcrated,and in places
•where Superftition and Idolatry have been pracYifed, as in our Churches.
127. That men ought to preach and exercile their gifts without ftudyand
premeditation, and not to think of what they are to fay till they.fpeak, bscaufe
it (hall be given them in that hour, and the Spirit (hall teach them.
128. That there is no need of humane learning,, nor of reading Authors for
Preachers, but all books and learning mutt go down, it comes from the want
of the Spirit, that men writ fuch great volumes , and make fuch adoe of
learning.
129. There are fome women, tenor eleven in one Town or vicinity, who
hold it unlawfull to hear any man preach, either publikcly or privately, b>
cau(e they muft not be like thoie women in Timothy, ever learning,and never
commingtothe knowledg of the truth, 2. fim.^. 6.7.
1 30. That tis unlawful! to preach at all, fent or not fent out (as in a Church-
ftate)but only thus5a man may preach as a waiting Difciple, that is, Chriftians
may not preach in a way of pofitive aflerting and declaring things, but all they
«nay do/is to cbnfer,rea(bn together,and difputeout things.
1 3 r. That tis nulawfull for the Saints to joyn in receiving the Lords fupper,
where any wicked men are prefent, and that fiich mixc Communion doth pol
lute and defile them.
132 Tis unlawfull for the Saints to joyn in prayer where wicked men are,
or to pray with any of the wicked, 133. That
of the Sectaries. 27
I jj. That'cis unlawfriill tor Chriftiansco pray fo much as privately with
thofe (though godly)that are not members of atrue Church, but are members
cf the Church of Engla:d^ and the Aflanblies thereof.
13^ That however conference and difcourleimy be had with all, yet tis not
lavvrull to joyn in prayer or giving of thanks, «o not before meat, with thofe
(chough other wife acknowledged Saints and godly, and are members of Chur
ches indie Church- way) chat a e not of the fame judgement and way.
_-lV5. ^ThaClisnot lawful! for ChH- > This opinion bc^m to rprud mu:b ,as a go'ly
fiianstoprjy at all wi'-h any others f<-i- Mini^'r fold me ofh>> own k owud^e, know ng
ther as bdng the month in Fayer,'tT as fttoJ^STlf: S«refe" ^«S
joyning in prayer) though never fbeod- wwe «> preach, upon this groat^, undrequirin?
ly,and of Aeir own judgeraem^ckher in Sgtffi fiS^ffl^SfJSS oS^
the pub! ike AflembiieSj or in their Fami- 1:'^ frtyfatmt difcoune to the p«>. ic,
lks;un!e(fe fuch p^rfons who prayed ha i an infallible fpirit, as the Apoftles.
136. Triat^Chriftians are not bound to pray conftantly every dayatfec
times.,as morning and evening, but only at fuch times as the Spirit moves i hem
to it, and if they finde not themklves fo mo/ed in many dayes and weeks to
gether,! hey ought not to pray.
137. That wicked and unregenerate men ought not to pray unto God
at all.
138. That all finging of Pfalmes, as David, or any other holy font's of
Scnpture,»s unlawrull,and not to be joyned with.
^139- Thattte finging which Chriftians mouldufe, is that of Hymns and
<piritua]l fongs/ranud by *emfelves,ccmpofed by their own gifcs,and that up
on fpecial occafions,as deliverance?, **, fung in the Congreation by oneof
the Aflkmbly, all the reft being filent.
140. cThat iove-feafts, orYeafts of love fwith
which the Lords Supper is to be adminitod alto; is a S
erpetuall ordinance of Chrii>,it which only Church-
members are to be prefent, and to partake.
141. That there is no difttnftion concernin* Go
vernment of Ecclefiafficall and civil, forallthatGo-
vernment which concerncs the Church , ought to be civill.but the nuincain-
that diftmaion is fur mainrainingthe mterefts ofChurch-men.
142. That a few private Chrinians, as fix or feven gathering themfelvesin-
Covenant aud Church.fdlowftip,have an abfolute entire power of ihe
Ktyec, and all Government within themfelves, ar d are not under any authori
tative power of any Claffes, Synods, or generallCouncels, whatfocvcr they
do, or what vvayes foever they take.
0 143. That
28 A Catalogue and Difcoverj of
/ Revel. i<$. 19 Thtgrut city voijhi. H3 • f That the Presbytery and Presbyteriall
hree parts andjiates and branches Government , atC the falfe Prophet, and the
invptthP-aiT. ropery, Z.Prtla- -.«/.• r- u r> ; *• *r» i
rj'it.eginvptt-aiT. ropery, Z.rta- -.«/.• r- u r> ; *• *r» i
ij. j. pfui iiobibns Difcn-ery of Truth, Beau fpoken of in the Kevelattow : Presbytery is
P^' 63- a third part of the City of Rome, yea that Beaft,
in JveMii.thatalcends^andfliallkili the two Witnefiks, namely the Inde«
pendents.
144. That there are Revelations and Vifions in thefe times, yea to fome
they are more ordinary, and (hall be to the people of God, generally within a
while.
of jitveiatifnt H5 • That the gift of miracles is not ceafed in thete times,but>
»nd Mitades. t^at fome of tf-e ge&aries have wrought miracles , and miracles
have accompanied them in their Bapdfme, e^c, and the people of God ftiall
have power of miracles fhorrly.
146. That anointing the fick with oyl by the Elders.praying over them, with
laying on of hands, is a Chusch-ordinance for Church- members that are fide,
for their recovery.
147. Tis ordinary for Chriftians now in the ft dayes,with?d«?to be rapt up
to the third Heavens^nd to hear words unutterable, and they cannot wel have
aflurance of being, CbrifUans, that have not found and had experience of this.
Of the Civil Magiftrate. g guerie, cfhighefi cooperation in Epifi. ,
to the Parliament. Anonym. *dnf. to M. Prins 12- gyeries, f . 8. Jii glftratCS haVC HO pOWCF at
the Grounds of Independent Government attribute nothing tothe Magi- 11 mprlHIp in matrprc rf
Jirate in Church »/««,/«« her then the Magi/irate is a member cf their 311 *° meaaiC 1
Cku-t'nes aKct,^jJembttes:fo no people un&r heaven afcribe more unto E B.ellglOn , OF thjflgS CC-
Magifiratii then the Independents in siviU matters. clefiafticall, but in CWill OH-
Iy concerning the bodies and goods of men.
b DOW of Truth 1 4P«h That for a people to wait upon man for a form to worfliip
•imtjj. 5. God by, was Idolatry:Nay,for a people to wait uponParliament
or AtTembly for a form to worftiip God by, was worfe then corporall Idolatry.
5M. Burroughs, Heartdvif.p. 6 j. An'madverfion upon this erro sr. This 1^0, ' WhatlOCVer
si an erroit" definitive la the f orper ef civil Magiftretes andjafety o) Common' gfj-QUfS Of niifCifri**-
yteakbs in divers cafes, andinmanjtnftancei that may be given; to give one .. . ,
tor the prefentia Church may ntt according to MBurrougbs principles excorn- agCS 1H • RCllglOn , 1 116
xiunicate<tmentber.>rehooHt ffconfcience is not feiisfied of JubjeSi taking nf Chufch filOuld bear
trmi aftainJt-^rmieS) raifedbya princt^norofthe lavefulneffeoffucba w>«r^ . ,
end tkeiftre declines and refufeth both bearing arms, aH maintenance to f»th Wit hall in men, COntl-
#naTef)*ttdaUafftftancetvi hem, diflwtiiinf, others affo, and that out of con- m-,:no fljll «n rommH"
Science only fa, he pro fefes^nd. yet the Parliament I tbin^atb feqveflred "^"g ttl" If
tKanyufonfttchtcctiJionSftakentheireJtateiyandmtnj Independents of Mr. UlOn Wltu them, 3S bre-
Burroughs judgement bavebeenforn>*rc{feqntftrators,feUin?:(!r buying their tt,r-n thefe the Ma-
lotci^anMdjngtbeir lands at reafonablt ratesfatintkeTrallatelinienii "***" 3 !T" .j TL
xetfimHih a formanrefHtation.,** recitation and difcovery : but of tkif falfe glltratCS IhOUld bear
j,rinciPle,and6thers in W-.Burr. book ,1 flail (beak more upon occafion tfanfvpe- -..u • -_ r^nfinninot
,mg £ grinds br,ug*t for pretended liberty of convince, vtere* this, Jb WltH 111 mCH, Continuing
fibers of ^Bunougbs principlts and rttlts *bwt TeJeratiinwill be found therD 10 the
both unfound and wtfik 5 fit to take miiitn and yeakpgoph ivitkybitt nouoft*
titfe any Sfbfcr*
many Enow of the SeQaries. 2 9
Common- wealth in the enjoymei* of the liberty of
and being entrufted by
them to an account for
and ftraighc: and feeing this prefent Parliam. doth in- *
groflc law-making, and all law-executing into their own hands, contrary both
to reafbn, and the true meaning of the Law, the Free-men of England oughc
not only to chufe new members where they arc wanting once every yeer, buc
alfo to renew and enquire once a yeer after the behaviour and carriage of thofe
they have chofen. And if they fiide they never did any good, or are groundecily
fufpe&ed CD be unserviceable, that then tho(e that chufe and Cent them may
have liberty to chufe more faithfull, able, and better men in their places.
i$2. If God command fuch a thing to be done in his Wordj and the Magt-
ftrate now come and command the fame to be done, though n Chriftan ought to
have, and would have done it, becaule of Gods command.,yet now he ought noc
to do it, becaufe the Magiftrate commands ir.
153. All the earth is the Saints, and there ought to be a cormunity ofgood^
and the Saints (hould flure in the Lands and ElUtes of Gentlemen, and rhh
154. c That 'tis lawfull for a man to putaway his „,..
._ •>' . _ . r rr • f Of"*arrtagt*>iJefT*reitti and
wite upon indifpoiitiofl, unhcneiie, or contranecy or tf.iiJten. * « vncMiUons&u-
minde arifing from ac mfe in nature unchangeable-and artae "* D'vorce*
and for difproportion and deadnefle of fpirir, or Ibmething diilaftfull and averfe
in the immutable bent of nature^and man in regard of thetrecdom and eminen-
cie of his creation,is a la w to him elfin this matter, bi ing head of the other (ex,
which was made for him, neither need he hear any Judge therein above hiitifdf.
155. Tis lawfull for one man to have two wives at once.
156. That children are not bound to obey their Barents a: allaif they bs un
godly.
157. That Parents are not to catechife their little children, nor to &t them
to read tht S;ripture, or to teach them to pray, but mitt let them alone fjr God
to teach th^mt
158. Tis unlawful for Chrifti jns to defend Religion with the Sword, or to
%ht for ic wlien men come with the Sword to take ic away^ Religion vvillde-
fenditfcff.
159. Tis unb\vfull for Chriftians to fight, and take up armcs forxh»ir lawes
and civil liberties.
ifo. Thunlawfulltoiightatan,ortokmanyman,yea <>s Wa
to kill any or the creatures for our ufe9 as a chicken, or on i^aad
anyptheroccafion. G 2
3 o A Cat&kgtte and- D ifi every of
i 61. Thatufingoffet forms of prayer prefcribed is Idolatry.
162. Davids faying, 7 am a worm, and KO man, muft be underftood literally,
yeajhe ivas both a man, and no man in che fan e literal! fenfe.
1 6 $. That the Scripture fpeaks bur of one kinde of fairh.
1 64. Some of che Sectaries in London do ho!d,That in Suff /^chere is a Pro
phet raifed up to come an 3 preach the everlaftingGofpel to them, and heftaies
but fur a vocal! call from Heaven to (end him, which is expe&.d daily, and thac
this man is the Prophet f; o'<en oi in che Scripture, i Jvkn 2=>. Thac Prophet in
thatScrip:ure, diftinguaflisd from Chrift and Eliot, is this man railed up in
Suffolk^
165. That it could not (land with the goodneffe of God, to damne his owne
creatures eternally.
166. That God the Father did reign under the Law, God the Sonne under
theGofpel, and now God the Father and God the Sonne are making over the
Kingdom to God che holy Ghoft, and he (hall reign and be poured out-upori
allflem,
167. That there fhallbea generall reftauration, wherein all men ffialSbere-
conciled to God and faved 3 only.thofe who now beleeve and are Saints before
this reftauraricn (hall be in a higher condition then thole that do- not
bekeve.
1 68. That cis not lawfull for a Ghriftwn to be a Magiftrate, but upon turn
ing Chriflian he (hould by down his Msgiftracie* neither do we read after
Cornelim was baptized (though he were a Centurion before, and a man in com
mand and authority) that ever he rnedled any more with his band caffdtfa l\a-
lian band.
itp. Man loft no more by the fal', then all the reft of the whole Creation
fell into with /f^*»,allthe v/orld being condemned to death and deflation,
yea che heavens and the earth alfo : fj that you may as fafely conclude that all
the whole Creation loft life and fsivation ro glorification by Adams iranfgreP
ion, as 10 conclude that man loft falvation by Adams trantgre£
fiun.
170. Man hath not by Cbrift brought unto him eternal I life and fal-
vation, but only fuch a life as all the whoh Creadon hath together with
him , for the fecond Adam hath not purchased ecemail life to glorification
for man.
171. All the creatures (hall affuredly partake of
Tkefi ifreelaft Errors vented tn / < r
*Booi(.cjiied, A true vindica- the Gofpel or peace, and that our Lord the great
tionoi.thegci*taH Redemption p^p^j fp^c (bmething to this purpofe , when he
snitixm^Kadi.vyene ..•* r^f\
16^5. faithj Go preach the Gofpel to every creature, though
they
many Errovrt of ihe Se&jries. $ r
t hey cannot heare to life and glorification; and ChritUs the great, Prophet of
his Father, to declare his Fathers council to the whole crearion,.1nd he is the
great High- Paeft, which ofT.rerh up himfelf a farrinVe cf full fa isfa&iop,njt for
sil men only, bu: for ail that by man vvasloft,evjn the whob creation of God.
172. That a Dircftory, or order to help in the B 0, ;,ri, ^ Hwtw(y Cf^
way of wor(hip,is a breach of the fecond Commande- «•<••«<•? tor 5u>™ s^hcs by /,.,,»
men*, and there is no word of God to warrantee ' ^1$^'
making of that Directory book, more then Jergbum had for the making of
Calves of gold, which he fet upon two high places, one at Van, che other ac
Bethel 3 totheconfufioncf himlelf and his polterity.
173. No man is yet in hell, neither ftull any be Eookfntir. rh fuinefi cf Gob
there untill the judgement j for God doth not hang '««,?r5ored 1643. H'g- '-1-
firft, in J judge after.
174. Men fay that Faith is fupernaturall, bnt hr.v Fjine(le of Goi* love m;ni-
can it be above nature to belcevc that tvhich we fee kftft!- tas w
fufficient ground to beleeve? and to beleeveany thin^ofwhich weliave na
flaine ground and reax>n, is fbfar from being above nature, th.it it is below it,
and propjr to fools and not to reafonable men.
175. I he Law-doth not pronounce eternall death in hell Fuin--^ of GOI« W
fire on thofe that obey it net, nor were men to have periled m:tliltrte'> l^- i8 9>
inhellfire5in relation to theLaxvor^^w/ fin; but the Go^p-l pfonounceth
erernill dea bin hsll fire on thcfe that obey it nut ; and if we had been to lufKr
hell in rela ionto ^jw or the Law ,then Chrift alf)(hiuld have futfercdin
hell for us,to have redeemed ns from thcnce,w!iich he did nor.
176. Icisnot futable to God, to p'ck andchu'camongfl: Fa'i cdc o( GO^S io;-c
men in (hewing mercy 5 if thelcveofGod be rrsniflfter! t3 a t.sn lifted, pa^i 5j>.
ftw , ic is fir from being in finite, it God fhexv njt mercy to all : toafcribeit to
his will or pleafure. is to b'afphemehis excellent name and na'T ure.
Nowunio thefemany niore mighr bs add d that Iknov;oF, andartcbrr.-
irnnly known to others, whi:hhave been pre, c led and printed (vuhrtthVfe
four laft years in Englttd'jA the nccefficy ofdipping and bufy ing under 'vvattr all
p;:rfons ro be baptized, as the ncceffiry ofa Church Covcrun'tj as that Minillers
may not lawfully bap:i^f,oradminiiter the Lords Sapper due of their nwrt par
ticular Congregation?, neither preach Viinilterully, but as gifted brethren, out
of (heir own Church; with many fucherrours of the Chiircfi-Way) bin becaufe
they are bu: light in comparifon, I will not n^methtRi.
I coiJd relate alfo to you other errnir?, ihac have been reported to me and
others by honeft understanding men,to have beei vented (and 'tis likely enough
they may be true) as that 'cb lawful! for vvivestogivj Without; Uiei; hu^bnnds
G 3
32 A Catalogue a&d Discovery of
contents, Ibmeching out of their husbands eftates, for the maintenance ofche
Church and Minifters whereunco they belong : as that the Lords Prayer, called
andcryedupby many cob- Co, it could noc be the Lords Prayer, in regard
there was a petition for pardon of fins, which Chrift would not ha ve taught,
or words to that purpofe; asalfo that if a man were ftrongly moved by the
(pirit co kill, to commit adultery,**^, and upon praying againft it again and
again it continued, aid yet was (till ftrongly prefled, he mould then do it ; but
because I hive not theft upon Co good grounds, nor fuch a concurrence of cir-
cumftances, or further confirmation upon enquiry, I therefore forbear to puc
them down particularly in the Catalogue of Errours, or toaffert them with
thar authority. I might here alfo annex to all thefe Errours many Expofitions
ot Scripture given by the Sectaries in their Sermons and private meetings; buc
I will only give two ; i. That of Rom. §.2. The Ian? of the Spirit oflfe, baibfretd
me from the law ojjtn and death, that is, (as was expounded) from the morall
Law. 2. That of Jok.^39. Search tke Scriptures, for in them ye tbinfyt have,
eternalllife$ you thinke to have, that was their thought and mtftake,not thac
Chrift approved it,that eternall life was to be had in the Scriptures.
A Catalogue of the Blafpbemies of the Seftjries.
NOwbefidesthefc Errours and Hereiies laid down, many of them being
Blafphemiea ( as the Reader cannot but have obferved in perilling their
C italoguej there have been many blafphemies and blafphemous fpeeches ven
ted by Sectaries feverall waye?, both by writing,preaching, conference and diP
courfing, and(bm^(b horrid and abominable, infuchadlfpitefull, fcoffing,
fearfull way, that I tremb'e to think of them, and (hall forbear to name them :
And Indeed within thefe four laft years in England there have been blafphemies
uttered of the Scriptures, the Trinity, each perfbn of the Trinity, both of
~~~Faiher,Son and holy Ghoft, of Gods eternall ele ft ion, ofihe Virgin Maiy^ the
Apoftles and holy Penmen of Scripture, QfBaptifmc,?rayer, thcminifieryof
the VVord,and the Minifters of all the Reformed Churches, of the Government
"of the Church, and of the Chrifiian Magiflrates : In (bme books printed and
-""ctlfperfed up and down, there are fearfull blafphemies ; as in the Arraignment of
*~T>erjectttien) The Sacred SynodycaU DtcretaS, Afjrtins Eccho &c. profaning and
- "aBufing the holy and dreadfull Name of God in a mofl fearfull manner, fcoffing
'" jinaiganent ofperfecu- ac the holy Gholr, fent in a Cloak-bagg from Scotland^ mak-
»»«», FSS- 9j- ing a moft bhfphemous Prayer, wherein the Paflion, Death,
Refurre&ion and Afcenlion of Chrift are in a fcoffing way alluded unto, with
many others which I will not foul paper with tranfcribing. In fome Manu-
fcrip:s
many Errourt of the Seftariet. 3 3
fcripcsof one Pott I Bejl, there are moft horrid
lvl*r . r L 4- • • f r^u 'ft r,J Tfc* Bcft xpiti t»j Mamtftnptt
bU/pJiemies or the I nnity , ct Cnrm, and verefemufiajifummer,*ndi,bj
of the holy Ghoft , calling the Doftrine of g* I>«-/»*»«M cammed to tbt
the Trinity, a myftery of iniquity , the three
headed (erberw, a fi ft ion, a Tradition of Row, <JMonjiram bifirme,
triform, with other horriJ expreflions borowed from hell, not fit to
bs mentioned. There was a fear full blafphemous fcofting (peech of God
the Father, Son, and holy Ghoft, fpoken by one Clarke (as I remem
ber the name) given in to a Committee of Parliament, in way of
complaint in writing,wuh a hand Cubfcribed , and one witnefled ic be
fore the Committee, but I forbear t.) relate it. Mr Hmfiography orDcfcrrr.
Paget in his HereJtograpby)Ep\lilc Dedicatory, fpeakes <*«««• ™* series.
of one committed for mocking at Chrifts Incarnation, the particu
lars whereof, though I have been told from Matter Paget , yet I
j udgeitbcft to conceal. There have been many blafphemingfpeeches,
in a way ofderifion of the holy Ghoft, calling it flabik nttmen, and
asking what kindeof bird it was ? whether- but I dare not fpeak
it. The holy Scriptures are by many in thele times (leighted and fcoffed
at ( that growes and fpreades much) called the golden Calfe,that
there are many contradictions and lyes in them , that they are
no better then a Ballad , that they can make as good Scriptures ;
that place in Qem/ts^6. 6* where 'tis faid, God repented that be 'made
man was untrue ; fo other places of Scripture. The Do&rine of
Gods Eternall Eleftion and Prajdeftination hath been call'd a dam
nable Errour. Tne Virgin Mary hath been called a the A-
poftles have been called and they could write as good Scri
ptures as the Apoftles ; upon occafion ot quoting that Scripture
in Rom. 7. of Paulf complainingof (kine ,it hath been anfwered, Pa*l
was a novice, and that was his weaknefle, and that Paul under?
flood not Chrrrt in the promifc ; and that hee for his part under-
flood the myftery of God in Gbrift better then Saint Pan'. When
that Scripture in Gal. 5. 12. was ob/eftcd to one ih it pleaded for
liberty of conscience, the anfwer was, he thought the Apoftle was
in a great paflion. A Minifkr in Hartfbrdfoire bringing a place of
Scripture againft an Anabaptift, to confute him in fome opinion he held,
the Anabaptift confefled he could not anfwer it, but faid , it was the weak-
nefle of the Apoftle, and there he wanted the fpirit.
Another Sectary denying the Refurre&ion of the dead, and forae'of
of the Church coining to admonifli him of that Errour, and bring-
34 A Catalogue and Difcoveryof
ing Scripture to prove ic , hee anfwered, This is Scripture to you»
but not to me. Poedcbaptifme hath been blasphemed by man? rt-
proachfullfpetah^s : the Lords Prayer hath been flighted and i corn-
fully fpoken of : the whole Miniftery of all the Reformed Churches>
xvith their Ordination , worke of preaching , &c, fcorned and abu-
fcd in feverall Pamphlets : The Presb,teriall and Synodicall Go-
verrjment , reproached in all vilde and fcoffing language, cali'd devil-
li(h , Antichriftun , and all to naught, refembled to ihe Beaft
in tie Rei.e!itii>n : the Civil Government and Maglltrates have
been.blafphcrced, with their Ordinances, Orders and lupream Court
of Judicature, the Parliament cali'd Antichriftian , and the X^om-
mis tee cf Examinations jeared, byway of comparing it to the Court
of Inquiiition, and to the High Ccmmiflion : the fohron , Licred
and Nationall Covenant of the Kingdoms, derided, blaphen:ei in
many Pamphlet? , that many pages would not contain them. Buc
I will not trouble the Reader to name any more of them : Mr, Yryn
in his f.nfo Difcovery of New Lights, hath extracted many pafTages or
this kinde ouc of the Pamphlecs of the Sfftaries, and in a libellous
book entitukd Englwdt Birthright, there's more fiuffe of the fame kind.
Now having prefented the Reader with the Errours and Blafphe-
mies ; before I come to the Praftices of the Sectaries , I will relate
fonK few PaiTdges in the Prayers of the Sectaries, which were vented
either in publike AiTemblies and Churches3or in their private Chtirch-
meeting?, all within the compafie of a twelve-moneth, or thereabouts.
Some T^aJJjges m the Prayerj of the Seflarieft
ANd though wee are difcountenanced by the Civil Magiftrate
(which is a great thing ) afcer they have had .our eftates, and
^ i*de^ent MWer i» our blood > V£t Lord,^. When the blinde man
a church herein ioido:i, was thruft out of the Synagogue by the Phari-
w**fai9»te. fees, Jefus Chrift met him; io though wee are
thrurt out of the Common Affemblies and mens aff-dVions who for
merly loved ut,&c. Let the Spirit teach us, wee may look four, five
yeers from an AflembTy cf men before they teach us , &c. Though
they may with-hold the truth in Policic, yet thy Spirit can teach us
if all the Mmifters in the world hold their p-'acejC^c. Thou haft tri
umphed glorioufly by a defpifed Army, not only by our enemies, but
our iteming friends, who indeed were our reall enemies, vilifying
chofe men whom thou ha ft been pleafed to honour, ^c,
Another
maty Errtttrs of tbt Se ft tries
Another Independent Minjfter in his prayer prayed , that the Pmoyterw
might be removed, thatChrifts Kingdome might befet up. Another Inde
pendent Minifter, ibout the end of September laft, gave God thanks for brea
king the neck of that wretched * petition of the Citi- , Jt ^ ,,„ ^ ^ .,,„
zens. Aufuft hft the tenth day, being prelently upon ,y m.,ny »*a affad c>-
Lilbttrnt committing to Newgate, at Knowles Church *//««*, /or /««//»£ there-
'mSt.Hffftnf on a Lordsdav, Mr. Knmles prayed »»*»•*, fm^cntud kj
fhefe words, or to this cftttf ; Lord, bring thy ier- ?**", '"*»*> but *»^f-
vantZ*V^r»om of prifon,ind honour hioi Lord, for ^
lie hath honoured thee, This lift monethin December, one of the Independent
Minifterf in his prayers at a Lecture, two or three fevcrall Lectures, p aytd
tr. God that the Parliament might give 1 bertie to tender confciences. Ooe cf
'the Independent Minifters at his Church-meeting in a houfe, g» v.' thanks un
to (iodfor the libcrtie of confcience granted in isfmtric*, and faid, Wny,
L^rd not in E»gU»^ as well as in Amtricn ? or words to that purpofe. Ano
ther Independent Minifter in his prayer put up this petition, O Lord make
the Parliament friends to the Saints. * M*y ay.
164 j , An Independent Minifter praying for the Par- * r**?n» r »»* thntxc
iiarnent, prayed that God would keep the Parliament
from gree vine the Saints.or doing tny ads that might c^£fce£ M
make them lad ; that they for whom fo miny prayers
and praifes had been put up by the Saint*, might not now grieve therr. ftx-T~
/>r*/ 24 the fame Independent Minifter in his prayer after Sermon, prayed,
That now God had delivered us both (namely, the Pietbytenan and Inde
pendent; from fuch bondage ind opprtffion, we might not beg liitieof brin
ging our brethren into bondage, left the Lord car rie us back again into Ejypt
>rif' ic C ftmc priyed on **"£*f *> /°yning Parliament and Affembly to-
er,That they might do nothing but what the Saints foould re Joyce in,and
fj u? ALb°Ut the be§innin§ of ^pt ember iaft, a Reverend Minifter of the
Aflemoly who was in ear- WKnefle rehtcd it, and faid he would acquaint AQ
Commilkonersof ScotUnd with it; that an Independent Minifter, either in
his prayer or Sermon, ufed words to his eff'ftof the
'
hrow r -
throw upon Scotland, becaufc of their beating their
^llow-fcrvants ; and (hit they could not be content with fuffcrine their bre
thren to enj >y their libertie, but muft have i domination.
Having given the Rcider an account of many errours ind V"W" »/ *b*
lifphemiei of the Sefttries, with fome pafliges in their pray- *<*«"«•
:r$j Icomenowtorehtennnyoftheirpraaicey, B;itth? Reader muft not
conojive
Catalogue wd Di frown 6f
conceive I cm fet down all, cr that any one man (tlthouglToTfar crettertbT-
hues and leifure,, having dfo fairer opportunities of con verfingamons them
with leflefufpition obferving their wayes, than my fdfej is able to do if!
They have many depths, wiles and methods which I know not, norcinnot
find put • there are miny windings and turnings of the Serpent, crooked go
ings in and out, off and on, here and there, which I cannot trace, The w*y of the
Jerper.t upon a rock if toy vronderftt'd for me> and which I know not, Pro v. 3 o i 8
19. They,Pr*ttuj.\krt turne themfelvesinfo all fliipes and forms, and ac
cording to fevertlloccafions and times, have different humours and tempers
fometimes complying Co, that one would think all difceficfwould quickly
be at an end ,snd they were curs, ibmeritnca fo far offand back again, as caufes
Wonder and amazement in the beholders. I have been told from godly and
wife men, who have hsd much to do with foaie of them, and have profefled
to fet themfelves to ftudie, andtoobfervethem (men who arc moderate c-
nough, and hive a fpeciall love to fame of them) that they know not what to
mike of them, they are ft range men, nor cannot fadom their depth,?, and ther-
fore^'tisnot tob^ exp^cled from uie^pliin op.n-harted man (who hate tricks
pitying under- boord, refer ves and defignes, whofe motto is that of the Pfal-
mift, Pfal. 25.2 1 .Let intfgritie and uprighttte/e prefervc msfir I Wait on thfe,
and never ftudied Macbiftvtl, nor am not varied in the Jefuits Politicks) that
1 fhould diTcover all their practices and wayes : Neither was it my intention
or fcope in writing of this book, to fpeak ail I know of their practices and
wayes, (for I took a refolution in the entrance of this work, not to be
too large ) thitfo the more might both buy and read if, and my purpofc is
hereafter (God fparing me life-, health and 1 berty J for the benefit both of the
prefent and fucceding generations, to write an Hiftoricall -narration of sil the
Proceedings and wayes of the EngLfli Secliries, both in £*^/<Wand be--
yond the Seas, from the rirft yejrcofthe Parliaments fitting, ti:i the time of
the fetting forth that Hiftory, and have already laid in many materialls , and
keptanextcl: account of the moft rtmirksblepaffsges tending tint way; and
myearneft defireistosll the godly Orthcidox Readers, into whofe hands
this book (lull come, who are enemies to. feels and fchifmes, and lj?ers cf
truth, peace, and order, whether Gentlemen of Committe.esinthc.feversll
Counties, or Souldiers in the Armies, or Minifters in the fevecall parts of t^a
Kbgdome, or other godly Chriftiapf, that they would be pltafed within this
three or four moneths next following, to communicate to me ail the certains
intelligence they have, of the Opinions, wayes and Proceedings of the Sech-
riesj and Ipromifefiithfully, that whatever agreement or condition be made
by anie who imparts any matters to aie.(as namely for concealing of their
name?,
m/wjErreurs ef the Sectaries. 37
names, or f 01 bearing the rehtion of fuch andiiich particulars, as place, &c.
whatever 'hey be ) I will moft facredly cbftrve, and they ftiall find mee both
/ccret and true to their), (for I fesre G^d, and dare not violate my promifej
cnly for thtprelent I (lull give the world a taft and trytll of ths Practices of
the Sictaiicf, for upon tome of ihe heads of their Practices and wayes which
I in this preimt Djico^rfcnsme, I could write upon esch of them a booke,
in giving irflsnces and t xsmple^ tor a proofeand confirmation of their truth.
Ni-.w I might in the fiiit pi ce roske a Parallel between the practices tnd
waitsof our Scctaiief, and the Sectaries of old {:• th? Primitive times (efpe-
cially the Donafifivj as aliobftwern ;hfn and tt't Jefuits, them and the Ar-
minians, of the Nft kerUnds, thctnund the Prelates, and their Court-party,
them and the pn. lent Malignant;, ; \ es,thf m a?'d fome or'the bad Eirp.rour.s,
as7*/»<«», and coLld fliew i.;chan ae;rc'<?(r.tnr i;i thtir practices and wayes,
treading (o jult in (heir piths ar-.d ftc-ps, as ir n^n • <y. them were dcsd or put
down i.) £»j^/.t«^, onl; no.v ac^ed a r.ong U", urd.r new nsmes, and un ier o-
ther habits and formes but ftill the fouWs and ipirits of the Donatilb, Jefu-
its, Arminians, PreUtes, and Court- party were alive, and transformtd into
many of the S< ft:ti.-;$ : And indeed to do this fully would defer v^ a Tractate
by it felfe, which I fliall leave to be done by fonne other more able hand ; or
elfe if no other take up inch a fruitfull Argument, I may find ibtne opportu
nity hereafter to treaLuponit; only before I name the particular Practices of
the St claries, as I have done their Errours, I will hint fome of the more fpe-
ciall Pai lids bet ween the Sc ctiries, and the Domtifb, Jefuits, &c.
Firft for the Donatifts, and fome other Sectaries ot the Primitive times,
i. Our Sectaries and they agree in their complaints of Persecution of their
Ichifme : the Dunaiifts would alwaies be complaining
ofthtr, ti * Attwftint fhewes it in many places of * Auguft. lib. T. contra
his learned work* igu'nft tl.em ; and our Sectaries in pai«^n.U.dcbapnfrHo
their Sermons, P,a}er$, Pamphlets, Difcourics, Pe- ^ttapS?.111***'11^'
t it ions, all crying cut of Perkcution, andacculingthe
Orthodox Presoaeria-s of Perftcution ; yea, when for their fcditious, tu^
rnultuou', Ihellous fcufti •-?, wicked lying, fcandabus reports, books and pra-
ct:ces,tht:y have been q . flioned, there's nothing in their mouths bu: perfecu-
tion, andunhcirdof prv/iccution ofthegodiy. I aoi of the minde if any of
them (hould come to bee 'ruprifoned, and hanged, for dealing, killing a god
ly Presbyterian, plotting agunft the Parliament and City, in feizing upon
their Forty,orio,re Pailiat.iL-nt-men, oneor other of them would cry out
ofperfeeution. 2. They agree hthdr furious outrages and violences agiinft
all that cppofc their way : Learned men know what Circumcellioncs thc-e
H a Y/cre
3 8 A CttAbgne *nd J)i fewer it tf
were among the Donatifts, and to what t height they
Auguft. contra Par- cimeis* cX*£*j&™ relates; and among the Sefts-
0rUra
ries> thcre are outra§ious f uriou$ mcn> and fuch that in
the Churches have committed many infolencies, afifaul*
ted and sbufed fome Minifters in their own houfe $, and in other places where
they have met them : butlmuft not enla ge. 3, They agree in their high
flatteries of theoifelves and their party, extolling them and crying them up
*Augua.comraPetilia«. to the Heavens 5 ^e Donatifts did .1* *d,r*tiw»
impiHgttere capita, as * Augu\line ipeakes j tnd the
Sec"hries of our times are inco reparable flatterers and admirers of their owns
party, have written and fpoken fuch praifes and flatteries of their fide, as
have cocne aicnoft to blafphemy ; thefephrafes are ordinary, as precious men
ss any upon earth* men of a moft precious anointirjg, none fince the Apoftles
times like them forgifis and abilities; yea, Tome have not Iticked to fay,
they were beyond the Apoftles, arid if Jefus Chrift himfelfe were on earth he
could hardly preach better, that they lead as holy lives as Saints and Angells
in Heaven. 4. In thtir great partiality, praftifing
* Au^uft. lib. i. contra that themftlves which they condemns in orhers.* Au-
gvftinf ftiewes this in many plscesof the Donatifts %
I could givemsny iaftances, of our Sectaries in this kinde, crying out of
preaching and printing by the Orthodox agtinft them, and yet preaching and
printing ill kind of things againtt them; (peaking agiinft petitioning the Par-
liamenr, or interpofing in any thing before them by wiy of Petition, or ha-
ving meetings for that end, (as you may find in fomc of the News bookes the
penfionersoftheSe-claries,) and yet themfelves in a di orderly tumultuous
way, being but private particular perfons (neither bodies, nor focietics repre-
fcntitive, nor reall) have had many ftrangc meeting5;, and drawn up Petiti
ons with claufesand paffages mtdlirg with the arTaires of Parliament, in a
kin-Je charging them, and taking cogn'zsmce of thing < of a -high nature done in
Pirliiment, before the time theyoueht, with rainy
f«* lite, but It.kcoff Th,nd. V * L.^.p.
. pealing from Ecclenalncsll Judges to the temporal! :
So the Sectaries, from Claflcsand Synods to the P«rli-
amenf,orfcme tempo r all J ad ggs appointed by them. 6". Ins-heir unwilli^g-
ntffctohave their aftions or writings examined by snie j -idictous learned
men, but keeping things in the darke. EpipitAniut refembJes Seftiries to a
Moule, a feebic creature that doth much hurt by keeping under ground, but
wPce above ground, then '(is contemptible and eafiiy taken : Some of the
ha ve been pro yoked enough to fet down- v/hac they would hiv*,
both
m any Err our i of the Se fortes. 3 p
both by cirneft intreatics from beyond fets, ind at horn?, by commands in *
kind, by upbraidings for not doing it, and yet to
this day they cannot be brought to it; and I judge Vide Lit. Guil. Apoll. ft
*t is for thefe Reafons : i . Beciufe they cannot well
agree among themfelvcs of any fyftem or body. 2. Becaufethcy knownot
how long they ihallbeof this mind, nor how much further yet they may eo.
3, Becaule what they fetdownemaycff:nd manieoi" their owne party, «nd
loofen all the reft of the fccts from them. 4. Bccaufe fomc Ciranda1?, and
Perfons of note(who are gone further,) will not b; well pkafcd at it. 5 I3i>
caufe when once given under thtir hand?, and that after fo long expedition,
it will be judged by all rationall men their urmoft flrength (which if it fliould
hayeanfwer upon anfwer, as no doubt it will,) and tha wcaknelTe of it dif-
covered and laid bare, they are loft among manie, and will fufF^r exceeding
ly in thetfteem of all intelligent unprejudiced men, whereas now by being
filent, they bare the world in hand, as if th,y had Tome great matter of
ftrength; mtnie before they fpeake and utter them (elves are thought to b'C
wi'e, and to have much in them, who when they hiv^ once fp^kcn, s:c cafi-
ly feene thorow. 7. In their quoting Authcurs for tht:m, who are acknow
ledged for the main to be profetfjdly sgtinlt them ; and in thtir tj-.iotin^ pie
ces of Authours, and not the whole, leaving the latter pirt which would ex
plain their meaning; thus the Donarifts did * Cyprit*,
andyethewasmuchagainftthemaiheprofeflei: and lj b-I-'lcBapt. contra
fo A*g*fi*i complains of the Donatifts, intern no*
aStg*r*Ht Scripture • thus the Authorof Sions Prerogative RoyaK, quotes
many Presbyrians for feverall things, who profcfledJy were of another way ;
ind one Mr. E. (as theReader may obferve in an Extract of one of the prin
ted Letters) qiotes the Churches of F ntuce, Scotland, &c. for the Indepen
dent way, whoarcknowne to be profe&dlyajmnft
It : .nd fo * the Au,hor Bf Th k^.f u^it ,f t£%
CorTc. quotes the Lcydenffs a Profefl. forhm, who *Tittcpa&e.
profe(Tedly fpeak againfHt, and in b one ftntcncehee bSynopfispurior.Theo.
leaves out-fome three times word sail of thcin belon- log-difpuc.de Ma^ift.5o.
ging to one fentence, which would (hew the fenfe of
ihole learned men to he'againft him (as notorious a falsification as I think is to
be found in any Papift j and fo Mr, Job* Goodwin in his point or Juftification
quotes Calvin, Buctr, snd others, who are knowne
ex trofef, « to bs of another judgement; and hee *™*? "\ R^b.4*fej
quotes b my ^f^t^Ugie with other Authors, to ju- %„£* f * (\ \ f'
ftifie hiscpicicHj wh«.nasl h«yc profefledly at Urge JjJVideV ftyona
Ipjkcn
A Catalogue and Difcwery of.
triumph 'n^ over fulfil wd,
pag.rrr.
'lh< p'-{l you fixo'e K &l.
Edwards, ivtj, tn<iin:<ii;.s
fo-nt blan £ eg ID, it ye;t
iboroTtu'. bi-i Trca.fi fi.
• Good Inaocencics rri.
uniph. Out of n-.y Anu-
pol.i<?9. The power of
the Magiftraie,by which
hec piiniSiieth fin, doth
not fubferve tc the king-
dome of Chnflthe Me-
dutourj Her. [exvts tut
that which fofffwcs in the
fame faience, there bcin%
ho full point, that he may
apply cfficacioufly to the
tied, tt7rc7iMfljM.«7it of
the Piopheticall and
Prieflly office of Chriftj
bee doth not afttft the
inward man and con-
fcience with fpirituail
punishment, &c.
fpokm agairift what he maintains ; and among other
p.iv $ which he perverts, I (hall nacne one, where he
cites the former pirtof thefentence, Icavin^ out the
latter, which had hee but named, would have been an
evident confutation of hirn,dealino j-jft with me as the
DcTiIldid by Chrifl', Pf*/. 91 6. kavingout theUIb
part, to keep thce in nil thy \v>.yes. 2 The SedaricS and
the J sfuites agree in many things, i As the Jeluitei
are UHIOUS for fendir g out Emiflaries into ieverall
Countnes to corrupt, not contenting themfdves to do
mifchiefe at home ; fo do our Seduics fend forth their
members into all Counties and places of this King-
dome, they liy hands upon them, and fend them as a
Church aft to preach fuchand fucherrours, to rcbap.
tize,^. 2 Thejefuites hive their tia fatties, holy
deceits for the propagating of their ciufe, fidtions,
made things to deceive the people; lo have our Se<5h_
ries many ior the fpreading of their partie. 3 The Jc-
fuites infinaating themfelves,get into greatNoblcmens
heufes and acquaintsncc,into great Lsdiesand Gentle-
womens,and info Princes Courts and Houfes,and fol-
ate matters, meet to contrive and confult, not preaching too much.nor
>llowmg their ftudies too hard,- fodo many of our Sediries get into ac-
quamunce and favour with great Noblemen, Pariiimcnt-men,follicitc, fol
low them, wot k by the great Ladies and Gentlewomen, confult and debate
ot matters Civill, &c. 4 The Jefuites are full of equivocations, mentall re-
ler rations, fay one thing, but meane another, fpeak things in a Tenfe of their
own, different from what it is in the common acception, fo are our Seclnies.
5 The Jefuites hive al wayes one plot or other, never give out, are working
active men, ifcrofifcd in one, then are trying in another, and ha vs many rons
in the fire at once, that if onedonottakf, at-iother may, nothing difcoura^es
them, buton they go; fo it is with the Sediriesof ourtioie, aclire nimble
men, reftlefle fpitits, never without plots and fine defigncs, with child of ma
ny at once, that if fome miucarrie,yet others may bring forth. 6 The Jefuites
will work and atcl where they are noe thought to be,by other.s, and by inftru-
mentsunfufpcfted, not appearing themfelves, bat bringing about their ends
in fuch a manner, as a manwoaid never dream of; foour Sediries will not
appear themfelvej in many things, when yet the hand of Jonb is all along, but
get thtir work done by orkrs, who alfo draw others to them. 7 The Jefuits
mske
_ , I, — ^
-.
many Errturs eft be Se
hinder them, ufe fm-
i The Arminuns
ai mil ii»n^«.v- - • A-II ..firy^*.. Voet lelcd. ciifput.
EcxKfnfticiU A&mblies all rhe.^ could, and l •££. - es o$ fit
Una to the Civil! Migiftrste. crying up the powa ^aj EccW;,aic:i.
• ^ rill Msgiftnte in Eccieruftialls, ifcribin^ to the , Thcf. ( Thcf.
ths "'t^'-r^SHi; S^SiSs
to theM«gift«te iloneimcnedntcly P;; _ . ,;
when
»Br;=sii=s
held for the prcfcn., but know not ,« wh.t they may fee, -
4* A CattltgHc and Difctverie 0f
Arrninians could not be brought to fpetkout a bng whfle, nor to give what
they would have, btrt hid themftlves in doubtfull phrafes, and were feared
monftrialiqitU*.lere : when they flood for and de fired a Toleration upon
conferences and meet ing'; they were put to it, to give h what they held, and
all they held, th.y were proffered at the conference holden it Ddph ftvourand
Toleration, it they would g-veatfurarice theydefired only forbearance ir> the
five Points, but they couU not be got to ic ; to our Sectiries have forborne
to this day, notwithstanding all meanes ufed, to fet down this we hold, this
we will fUck to. 5 . The Arminhtis in thofe tiones in the Lw-Cottntritj, in
fome Chiefs and Towns where they had power, persecuted the Orthodox,
trou'cl.'d them much; fo do our Sectaries in Towns or peaces where they
have power, perfecate godly Orthodox men, efpccially if z.-alous agjinft the
Se(5b : Ohow ha vefoaie Sectaries vexed, plagued and troubled many god
ly Minifters and people fe verall waies ! of which more under their particular
policies ,& factious practices, 6. The Arcninians, had well nigh undone the
JWethrrUne{/,*nd brought all to confufion, & had not the old Prince of Orange
been ftout and wile, even d^ing feaiething beyond the ordinarie way of his
power; and upon the Symd of Dart determining the Magistrate added the
civill fanction, and u fed coercive power, that Countreyhad been loft; fo
Sectaries have by their errours, divisions and factions they have made among
us, hazarded all, and if God do not wonderfully put in, and be mercifull to
us, their waics and courfes will undo us all. 7. The Netherlmd Anninians
would be RemonftrantSjdid wrkeagainft, complameof the Synod of Dortt
that they could not have their liberty, were not well dealt with, could not
have fo faire a heariig ; how many books were written,how many afperfions
werecift upon the Synod ? And have not, and do not our Sect ides write a-
gainit the Affembly .> complain by word of mouth ? are not their mouthes
f nil jffuch fpeeches ? They cannot ba heard, They have not hid liberty to
bring in their Qjeft ions, &c. I sit not remarkable, that the Pamphlet, or
rather Libellagamft the Affembly, put forth by ftcalth, isentituled, *sf Rc~
m*nftr**ce if the D Renting Brethren* fo that they are the Englilh Re.non-
ftrants. 8 The NetherUnA Arminians when once the Magiftrate did effectu
ally fet to back the Synod of D art, and were againft them , then they writ
books in a far other ftile, and that power which before they fo liberally mea-
fured out to them, they did not a little limit and contract, denying the Magi-
ftrate had any power over private meetings; fo our Se-
Vidc Voct. Thcf. a. #irjes if once the Mieiftratcs come to fuppreifc their er-
de PotfK EcCicf & ./-Tvrt- JL--
Vedei deSop "*"" "^ ^k Doft lnes' and their Prmte meetings wa
(hall fee bow they will change their ftile ; nay, have wee
not
rrisn o ^e $<#*? «. 43
f tr I in Poft habit mi 5yii;->-
not too uiuci -xpenci.ct, h-.w out upon vote, toi uc dumDordraicaraycti;
vermnent,indrbut upon the preparative amhbellilonge aUo-
line Church-Government, upt n the overtures or it t..is rufn{h!0rcnpti funt,
Inft iumaiT, when the Order came of cafting this City quin- & potdbtem
into CWfo and . Province, and in Order for choofing ^non parum U
try ers of Eider., what plages had we in Sermon, ,Pray- ™£< ^ ™£
crs of fome of the Sectaries ; as among many to give two fam ilbcra]ircr antc
onely,onthe day of Thankfgitiag for taking Shcrborne }nc admcnfi erant.
caftl<r,tSeftary preached this, That the Parliament wai
making of Lawcs againft the Saints, and that he was not afraid to fpeake,be-
caufe he was not afraid to fuffer. And others preached of the great periccu-
tion thai was coming j and how the Bifliops tyrannic would be nothing to
the Presbyterians, their finger would be heavier then the Bifliopsloynes,or
words to thitpurpofe. The Sectaries and the Bifocps, with that Court par-
ty agree : i . The Biftiops and the Court party would bring oft one way or
other, by Letters written from great friends at Court, by appearing for
them, by removing to Tome other place the bufmeffe by finding out one de
vice or another, deluding the parties who profecuted and troubled them, all
thole of their party that were aftire and able; who by vertueof the LtweR,
confcience, and courage, fome men in place were qucftioned and indangc-
red, for preaching fome Doftrincs of Poperie and Arminianfmc, &c, or for
fomcpraftices notlegaU, of which many examples were in the former time,
fetching them out of the hands of Orthodox men who had power ; 'fending
Warrants for difcharge of Priefts, Jcfuites, &c. and now all England o-
TCI generally, the Seftaries for anie of their partie that ire queftioned, either
for preaching faltc do<ftrines,or forfpcaking unjuftifiablfl wordi, or foro-
ther mifdemeanours,do ufe all waics to bring them off ; they will ufc mcanes
to remove them from one Committee to another, where they are ftronger,
they will get Letters writ on their bchalfe, they will work things Co, as by
delayes one way or another tha Sectaries (Taall efcape, as much as ever the
Jefnitf , Priefts, Arminians, Innovators did heretofore, a . The Bifliops
and Court party would prefer none but their party , kept out all men from all
places in Church and Common- wealth, though never fo dcferving, efpcciilly
if zealous, or had anie great parts to fttnd for the truth, and they would pre
fer their own partic though never fo unworthy, though little to commend
them ; and fo the Seflaries, in all places where they have; power, bring in Sc-
ftirics' though other wife unfit, into offices and places, though di&oneft and
fcandalous, and fet themfelvfs with all the induftry and cunning that may be
to keep out godly confciouioui wen that ire againft the Scfts, though the,
I publikc
A Catalogue AttdDifcwen of
publike fuflkr nererfo much for the want of them, 3. The Bifhops and
Court- party did fet them felves to worme out (that being the Archbifhopj
phrafe) til godly, zalous,able men out of phces.and would by one means or
device watching them, caPt them out quite, or fo tamper and rex them, thit
they were weary of their lives and pltces; Co doe our Secttries make it' their
ftudy, to remove, worme by degrees out ofphces upon one pretence or o-
ther, when they cannot doe it otherwife active P esbyteritns, of which we
have toomanie inftances,and fetthemfelvesto vex them, by over-ra'ingm
Townes : where they have plxce,by bringing them into Haberdafhers Halifby
putting in Articles againft them whkh they cinnotprov. ,tnd fo puttin« them
to chargeable journey es and expences, with abundance of fuch, 4, The
B.ftu'psandthe Court-party to bring about their ends, would bring mat
ters to fuch a condition, and fuch a neceflitie, and then would make ihofe
neceflities, that condition of affiires, as a ground of fuch and fuch following
actions, pleading the necefll ties and the condition of the times as their war-
rant; fo our Sectaries doe in many cafes, they have by ther policies and
wayeshindred thcfetlingof Church- Government all this while, and they
plead the long delay of fet ling it, as a ground to juftifie their gathering Chur
ches, faying, how manie yeares would you hive us tofhy ? when as in the
Aflembly, Citie, in all places, by all meanes where they haveanie intereS,
they retard the work ; and fo if meanes beufed by Petitioning the Parlia
ment to fettle Church-Government, and tofuppreffethegrest errours,then
feme of the Sectaries fay and give out, The Army will be offended, when as
many of the Sectaries have uled all sieancs,and doftill, to bring things to
things to thatpafle, that we mighr have an Armie under the comman<is,*nd
In the hands of the Sectaries, though ( blt&d be God ) we have a Noble Ge*
nerall free from fectirifme and not above one in fix in the Armie that way
tainted. 4. The Prelaticall faction and that Court-partie were great Inno-
vatours, given to change, running from one opinion to another, being Ar-
oiinians as well as Popitb, yeafome of them Socini-
SS^ftfJS P^s,.nd countenancing fuch, and were ev,ne day
iwcftamentbMwereof inventing forne new matter in worfhip,. adding this
that judgment, there be- ceremonieand the other, putting downe feme part of
orthodox, learned, worfhips, and altering them by fubftituting other j as
, pioM men, that jn puttine down finging of Pfalmts in fome CJhurchey,
S W'3!S' 'nd "-.ing Hyane. , fa pu«.ngdowne .11 conceived
Prayer, and commanding bidding or Prayer, with »
multitude of fuch like: foour Sectaries arc great Innovatours ss changeable
cs the Moon, bringing into their Chnrchesnew opinions daily ,new practicess
takinrr
nunj Erreurs 0ft he Series. 45
tikinTawsy theolcTufed in all Reformed Churches, ind fubftituting new ;
taking away of Tinging of Pfalms, and pleading for hy mnes of their own ma-
kins • bringing in anoj nting with oyl, bringing in their la> ing on of hands tc
rive the Holy Ghoft, with feversll other ftrange wayes and plaices, which
the Reader (kail find in this following diiconrfe, among the narrations ot
ir fees and flories. 5 The Prclaticall fadnnand thit Court-Clergie we
daring bold men,that durft venture almoft upon any thing,upon counfelling to
prorogue and break up Parliaments in ticnes of danger and diftraftien, up .in
putting men out of offices and places that were not for their turne, and to
brinq in others calculated for their Meridian, upon corrupting Religion and
Lawesat once, breaking in both upon the Truth and the liber tie of the Sub
let at the fame time, upon any thing or perfon thst flood in their wsy : So
our Sectaries, many of them are daring men, hare attempted and been upou
hi«h bufineffes, about counfelling and drawing up Petitions for idjonrning
(K they all it) the Aflembly, in a time when the diftradtions of this Church
•re fo infinite, and things founfetled ; as alfo have inferted ftrange paffa-
ces into other Petitions, which yet have not been prefented, others of the
company oppofing them ; with feverall other particulars, which would be
too large now to relate; in one word, there is almoft nothing which they
have not and dare not venture on, thatftands in their light, and in the way
of their defignes ; and I may fay of many of the Sectaries (for I do not
mean all, as I have faid before, fo I fay agiin, there are fome good fouls meerly
(educed, who are not of the Faction) they have overpaid the deeds of the
wicked, not only walked after their wayes, nor done after their abominati
ons, but have corrupted themfelves more than they ; juftified the Biflaops
and their Faction, by falling into thofe opinions, and doing thofe actions in
tn high, bold, and open way, which that Faction never durft do for feare ef
the people. Ntxt, the prefent Malignant* and the Sectaries agree in the gene
ral! thus, that thorowout the Kingdome, it is now notoriou«,that the gretteft
Malignant* and Sectaries hold together, and vote together againftthe Pref-
byteriansand the Reformation, in all places and upon all buiine&s, of which
there are many examples in thechoycc of Burge&s for Parliament, in tha
Petition prefented in Londtn, at the choyc^ of the new Common- Coun-
cell, the grandtft Malignant* and the Independents joyned together to oppole;
and in fome Committees, where men ot both thefe forts are, it is obferved
alfo : but to come to fome particulars ; The parallel between the preftiit Mt-
lignants and our grand Sectaries, ftands in thefe ; I The Malignants hsve op-
poled the proceed ings of Parliament, by preaching and writing books agsiaft
them, reviling the Houfes, crpecitlly the Hoofc ot Commons, sod mar.y
J a pirticulat
A CAtAhgue And Difcwcrie of
psrticulir worthy Members by name, fpeaking agtinft their Ordinance con-
ft tutions, as Covenant, Direflorie, Ordinitionfigainft their Pow"r and Pri
pledges ; we know what AnUcm that grand Malignant htth done, and ho
own* books both frorno*/,** and here itZ,W,»hath b.en by he m
nantpartie printed and vented : fo alfo have manie Seftmetf and £* fc
would fill a great book, to bring into one all thefpeeches, with thTpafce,
in Petitions, Sermon?, Prayers, printed books, that have been ventedigafnft
Pirliiment, and particular Worthy Members of both Honfes the r
Power and Power and Priviledges, with their Ordinances and Orders in
reference- to matters of Religion, as the N.tiomll Covenant, Diredorie
Ordinance «|ainftmens preaching out of Office, the Monethly Faft, the Or!
mance for Tithes, the Orders and Directions about Claffes, and chufing El
s j in which Sermons, printed Books, Difcourfes, Petitions, and other
carnages of the Sectaries, there have been more things vented diftrudive to
the vene power and nature of Parliaments, undermining the verie root and
Joundation and a their proceedings in reference to matters of Religion vei
of jaftice md civil matters, then ever have been by all the Miiigaints Tin £„,-
/Was ever I could heareof ; wuneffs LMurnu booke, with that lately
come forth, cMd l*K,ffWJ, aj Truth jiftiftJ, all the printed Letters and
Capers that were printed upon occifion of his imprifonment 5 E*,Un*
Strthngkt the Ortintmc of Tithes Difmo»»t<d, the Arrtignmtnt of Perfect
*iw,indlllhis felbwetjIsAftrriw Eccbo, &cc. Turner} Heavenly cohe
rence for Jw»/^»//,rcfembliog the Direfarj to the golden C*lves of ]vc&
Doam, *id Affirming there are untruths, contradictions to the Canonical Serif
tares, errors, &c. And here I dare be bold to fay, that here have been grea
ter mfolencies and affronts offered to this Parliament by many of the Se-
Otries, then ever was to Parliiment in EnjrUndbj any men who lived
within their power t as for inftance, when Lilfarne was committed to pri-
Ion, and iuch a Letter was come forth inhisnamaagiinft the Parliimenr
in fuchan open vile manner, and it fucha time, being prifoner, miny of
tnc Sefttnw of Jawfowr* met together, and propounded to chufe Lit*
irliiment ; and that Lilfarne after fo great favour
jnd mercy (howne him by the Houfe of Commons, after fo high an a*.
uie of the honourable Speaker, the honourable Committee of Examinations
yet and of the whole Houfe, as difchtrging him of his imprifonment, without
either acknowledging the j uftice, or petitioning for the mercy of the Houfe of
Commons (a favour that I never heard or read of granted to any mm before ,
H >!*/ thou8ht ^ been a thing impoffible/even againft the fundamen-
PjfaK ?f ?{fc Houfe ,,for a min committed by the Houfe upon far
many Err ours of the Sectaries.
47
*L\\b.lnn°certcya»d Truth }'.tftifi-;A,p.ig. 57. / conceive I ma,e
ji»/?/V CA] , •without breach ff their 'I'riviledgc; , That I h.iv 9
uny.isJly dealt with in ml late im^yifjumsnt , ti be imprifoned ff
contrary to the l^noivnand declared Laves, I have been tfithottf
either can fit Jbo'ivne^or A It-gaUTn.tU Viiie /'•«£. 7 i . ." -75- '&K .
you mil fay, the- Heufe of Common; i> n»t at lufui •-' , by tea fun o\
rht publics: I anfiver, L'jj'j then an ho:n<-i time 1W« /*/!•« my
turne in this particular, and it n very ft range , in fiui y -<t*t*
Cpacc, fomnch time car.net be found fr cm the pul'lt^c to rranf-
mit my bupnejje ; fure I am they c.in findt tune enough to fit: Is
grc.it Aid rich places upon firm: of themftlves , and la <«J-'Y
tht-m, notnithftanding their own Ordinance tt the contraiy : jv: •*
fr I kittiv fome tf them at this day, hath plurality i>f platii, c -
yuy the thing I defi: ; of them, is m>re }ujily my '/»<•• then ar.y :•
then great pl.ins are theirs, and therefore 1 hope they have n<-:
h.idcaufe to beangry-Hith me fir craving \uflice at their hands,
being it was the end wherefore they ivi-rr chofen and truftcd , and
that which thiy are fnorn to do. Vide pag. 71. fpf aiding ef Jem.:
pajfiigts in A T,iTliam.T>eclarit. not eafiiy to be forgotten by
f/jofi that made them, if then be any f;:ir(s -f hontjty inthcir
hearts, Pag, 21. ffhiih Warrant and Commitment (thoughrxadc
by a Committee of the Houfe of Common ) » <»' t lie fall .n ali
the reft, and in my apprehension agairfl the vtry tencur and tin
tn\( intent and meaning of the Tetitian of 'Rig'it, and fxftffly
againft theftordi ff the Statute of the 41 of Ed.?. ,Ag.un pf.*.
57. r£ittl have fei>crall times keen imprifoned both by r i;(.o;n-
•nitteei and bytheVitcof the H tuft of £t mrnor.; irf.ife, con
trary to « ^fiaivflc Litiv made this pn-fent Tarliameut fc> tii^n,-
felvet, again-ft which the; f it *t prefent n» Or di mate e published
and declared by them and the Teeres ftr th- cognisance if:
Ergo, I fay they are tied in }uflice, according to th: ti-n'f-r «/
this Laiv, to give merepjtration^ainfl thofe perftns that -we; f
chiefs instruments, either in Committees , or in the Houfc of
Commons it filfe, tt vote *nl ta^e .iW4jr my liberty from me ,
ctntrary to t>iis Law : and far my ttvn part I doe expect my re;
paratien f°r my late caufttcjfi molejlations <end irtprifonmints-
Pa£.<9 / Jbali freely declare tht maine reafon which maizes me
in being true ta my libfrty and f'tedome, that in point ef honefly
I cannot fubmit to that Oath, in th*t I conceive all Lanes and
Ordinance; in f*ch cafes as tins ij, ought to be ttniverfall t» bind*
a.U, and not fo reftriftiv* <ts the additional Ordinance e$ \Ae::-
cottttts it, which txcmpttTeeres, Members tf the Houfe of Com
mons ; for my part I iitdge my felfe at free a. man (though ' thct*
•Wife I defire not to make compmifins ) at any of them, and I con:
ceive I ought not to be in bondage to any Law or 0\di/;A>icc that
they thernfelvei ivtUnot fltnd t».
know look upon them with
an evill eye, as the fit ft caufe of all their miferie, and cannot give them a good
word; and all the world fees how the Sectaries hate the Scots, raife and
fprcid evill reports upon them, are as thorns in their fides,heavy enemies, ob-
ftructing them in all places where they hav,: power, deviling al waies to be rid
of them.andftudy ing what in them lies to make a breach ; I could tell the
Reader many fpeechf s, ftories of the Sectaries in this kinde in reference to our
Brethren of Scotland, but it needs not , for they that run may read it.
3. They
kite offences, v i'hout petiti
oning to be fet freej fhauld
yet let forth a * book to all
the world, jjftifyirg himfclf
in his former waies , and
point blink charge the Houfe
with being mtjttftlj dealt wiik
inhu late impri(y>tmfxt, im-
pri/oning him contrarie to tht
kr.cwnc and declared Lawes ;
yea further, infeverall phccs
of his book, after a bold and
audacious manner abufing
and bringing in dmgerous in-
fmuations reflecting upon
them.
O what unheard of M»-
iignancies are thefe I And fo
Mr. John Geydvfin in a Ser
mon hath uttered that againft
the Parliament & the power
of it , as opens a gap to all
fleightifig of their authorise
and power ; and I b^leeve ne
ver was there any fuch fpeech
from any before himfelfe.
2 The Sectaries and Malig-
nints agree in being bitter c-
nemies of our brethren of
Scotland, and of their Ar
mies ; the Militants wee
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They agree in this,nther to htveEpifcopal Government »m a Tnlrr
sbyteri^
nd hisfellowes, and I thinkelcan'prove froTgoc d tad!
njme them, the SeftirL'.s would fty Vo to) thit fome of the
prime Minifters ,n the way of the See* iuve hid, That VcopdGove m!
ment and a Toleration of thur way would give them content. The Malignant*
and Seftiries agree in Independency, the Migrants now turn Indc -pen jits
.ndprofeffe they are for Independency and for this I co.ld qtjtf Si
Speeches, ind name fome malignant Minifters, and others of note who are for
Independency againft Presbytery; but this is now io commonly known, that
Brtmmciu a man who hath done them many good offic«,ind cryeJ up feveril
ot them, contcffcs in one of his Pamphlets about a fortnight fince, that the
Mibgnants are turned Independents ; hardly a Malignant Pritft about town
but is for Independency againft Ptwby t-rie. Li%, The Seftiries agree with
Ittlitn the Apcftata and fome other enemies of Chriftisns in thefe four thing?
i, /*/;*» wasa great feoffer it the Scriptures, Chrift and Chnftian R?IL
gton, as ; tcclef. ftories mention ; and mani^ of the Seftiries of our time iro
^l a xr aSand^ckerSatalhhin^thlt areg°od> Scriptures, Trinitie,
ift,Miniftery, Ordinances, whatnot? there was never a greater genera!
tion ot fcoftcrs at Religion then many of the Sechries of our times witnefle
manie printed books, as Arraignment of Perfection, and his fellowes the
Ordinance of Tithes Difmounted, beiides manie fcoffing bookes againft the
-Theodorct. Hift. Eccief. lik. 3. taf.y. iulianus S"^?.^™? G°VcTnment, *$ the tWO
pnmum vetuic, nc GaJilsti ffic aum fidej Se;;
vatoris noftri confecratos ininc.fpabacjPoeticam,
Rhetpricam, »ut Philpfophicam dit'ce-ent. Nam
npftris ipforum, inpit, penni', uc eft inp;-overs
bio, pcrcellimar: iiqmdcm noftrcrum fcripto;
rum prarfidiis muniti, contra nos beilutn Cuicipi;
unt. Poftca eciara aiiam tulit kgern, qua mandas
vie utomnes GaliUijid eft, Canftiani,c miiitia
pellcrentwr.
* Julian ths tJpcjtat* therefore granted a TolerMtit
en of tlii liberty of perdition {M Auftin sails it)
bscAuft he did hope by that mfants to dejlroj Cbrit
fian Religion, Auguft Ep;ft. 166. lulianus in*
quit, deicrtor Chrifti, & inimicus, h«recicis lis
bci-urcmpcrditionis permifu, ettunc Bafilicas
hzrencis reddidit, quando templa Drmoniis:
eomocb putaniChriHianunr no:ncn poflc perire
- 1 - r- »««,i««jrtMiii i*\/uivu uuijc pern c.
deter, is ipfi vcritate Ecdcfix de 3ua lapf ,s f»iea
s-at iuvidercr,ec facrilcj'as diflevfiones Jibeiascfle
permutcret. PrateolnsEJcnch.Hzretic,/.^ a47,
lulunus Aretium authored ec dtKem h*re/i^
Ennomii et Cohftanuiicntentiadaranatum.et in
bemgiuj Jutai*
Brethrens MS, with others of that
kinds, a. * lulian was a great enemy
to the learning of Chnftians, ufcd all
means to overthrow learning ; f0 do
manie Seftiries in our time. 3 , He at
tempted to get thfljf/j/f/Mout of the
hands of the Orthodox Chriftims, as
Tbeoderet in his Eccief. Hiftorie rela-
tdh : and the Sedsries have and do ufe
all meanes within thdr power to get
the Militia out of the hands of the
Orthodox into their hands fblely, of
which I could tell tales. 4 "» ixlun
was the great patron of Toleration for
all Sed >,Donatifts,Arians,Eunomians,
he was the great man for Ittmtt
Errettrs eftbe se^^rie
«,ww Cts^^^ calls iO the Do-
nttifts fled to him, hec give them pu
like liberty of Chirches , hce called
backe from binifament *S£t
reat leader of the Eunomian her
•nd whether ill the ft ft$ >re not agvce(
with him in that , as alio wit
l,ns mother wicked Etrperoar, whc
was for 1 deration of all but the <
thodcx, I leave to their own confcien-
vie et public* veftura rcduxit : Epifcopo, juN
ConftantioexiIiomHlftatoirevoeavit.etinaibes
f,as redireperrmfu. Atquc id ilk non milcric
SSftdt ficV. c.llise.ecAJcdurEp.i opos.n.
ftcommittensadimeftinu-n armarec brtlum , «
fui, i-fadifsidiis Ec^lcfia labrfaftarecur. c ™«
K,«r Valeria <7«»r /r^*™ '/ * <'*'•»
r» /« <^;Hs;:.t W Hf*thwt tut w« * r-"1/
7«1 ZrbtOtthoJox. Theodore:. HiftEcckf.
/ii 4 rap.--. ValcHsimpunitatemconcelsit Ocn;
tihbas, ImUis. C: ahis quibufquc yui nomen
Ch-iitianum fibi a'.Vumcmc-, doftriram Evangelio
rcpi-nantein przd cabanr : 5ol.:s autem Aroftc*
lici doftriirt propugnacoribus ty aiunn ilte -,c Iv =
ftem prsbuic.
have
en
and the
eceeded «h.t Prr portion which Ut fi.ft in.rnded when I kp
1 fh.Il do thfn in point ot ptrdld, h but to hmi a Jew th,ngs { whca
fheRetder w.li to cbferve) ot .he dift.-tenee inthewniigeind behtviouc
hefefoureyeues lift p.ft»U«longof the Prwbvtetitns both to the Honou-
!,bU Houfes, ud the Seflarics ; .nd of the Scflat« to the P.th.men .nd
!he PrMbvH >>ns ; ind for the truth of wh«I fty.Idire ippe.1 to all the
wctW yeMndtotheeonftieneei of minyfeft.rk»themfclYei. Though the
Presbvtethn pittyfrom the beginning of the diffsrenea between the King
,ndl 'iSent, among thofe who proftfli to ft.nd for Reformation and for
Jhep'r!i.mcnt h,thb?en,,nd ftillh (without ,ncomp«e) the greater pnt
of both Kineaornes, the body of both Afferobliei and Minifterj, the body of
the people in Citks ind Countries Cefpecially of perfons eminent mphce »nd
ouaMtv) yes, and the Parliiments too, (ot the Parlumem atSculad
SSSnoqnefMon;; *** Pa.Uamentof £»|/W alfo, theradnee had with
the Afiembly.hathdeclared for Presbytery, having voted and formed into
Orders Directions, and Ordinances, fever.ll parts and pieces of Presbyteri-
dlffiovetnment , yet for ,11 this have not the Presbyterians taken upon
them to fet up the Government in that manner and way as they conceive a
iudce to be nToft sgreeable to the word, dr« wing in the peopie with t,
havt waited upon the Parliament att this wh,ktor the leifogot the <
addrtfiir.e thernfelves in mod humble manner, by way or pe'
that both Afferobly, C.,urt of Common Council, Minifters, people ; r
whenfoB:eii3iM their hopss havebsen deferred bcjondailcxpeftuion, a
5 o A C uttabg at find D, rh of
. v;< ;;»•. t wi'.a Ivsnc dsiappotntments and! difcouragemems in fhc.r
joi?, klUng the Oiurch, ssby a vote palT d againft one Petition before it was
pieAr-itd, a> m^ll trar.ks given fo; another, and little refpeft fh-,vtM rot
thi,^ j -irfi'icstht !*( cluiesj/,1, lur-g over them and their Petitions, brand:.!. g
their* i*i Pulpits, i i the weekly News-books, and in their daily difcounes,not-
withitanding whir, t-v -r they might concave of ncgL'fts and hard ufage on the
one hand, and of great abufe of them by the Stftiries on the other hand, yet
they have taken all patiently, waiting ftil!, petitioning ftill bail humble and
thinkfull manner, forbearing to print what was prefented ( though there wis
coCVdernor command againft itj out of their tender rcfpeftof giving any
cfFence, or difpleafing the Parliament (though in themeine ti;ne they fu&red
much by mil-reports of their proceedings, both for matter and manner : )
The Presbyterian partic ( though the Affembly of Divines, thereprefentative
body of theCitie, the Court of Common- Councell, the Minifterie of the
Kingdome, thoufands and ten thoufands of godly well aflfjfted perfons, the
Kingdome of Scot /and, yea ail the Reformed Churches own that way J hath
not upon the fore- named thing? and others fas the not giving leave upon a Pe
tition to print an Anfwcr to the Remonftrance of the Independents,in which
the A(tembly is extremely wronged ) broke out either againft the Parliament,
faying they will fight no longer, &c. fpeaking their pleafure of them, drawing
up all their grievances to a head, and fetting them forth in print; oragiinft
particular Members, falling upon them by name, making them to beknowne
to the world, whom they conceive and have been informed of, to be the
great hinderers of their defires, and fticklcrs agiinft them ; but even as be
comes Chriftians have taken all patiently, waiting upon God and the Parlia
ment. And as the carriage of the Presbyterian hath been thus in all humble
dutie and high refpscl: to the Houfes of Parliament, and everie Member in
their places (for I have not yet heard of any Presbyterian that hath fingled
out any one Member by name, to abufe him in print> asfome Seifhries have
done, both particular Members, and the whole Ho«fc of Commons) fo hath
it bsen with all love, brotherly kindnefle, tenderneffe, refpsft and forbearance
to the Sectaries ; and confidering that the Presbyterians were, as I have
fliewed before, both of theMinifters and people ftanding for Reformation,
the body of both Ktngdemes, having the command and power of the pulpits,
fo great an intereft in the people, &c. their love and forbearance to the Secta
ries hath been admirable ; when the Independents were but few, tnd other
Sectaries a (mall number, in the firft and fecond yeare of this Parliament, fotna
halfeafcoreordozenMinifters, three or foare hundred people, the Presby
terians gave them the rieht hand of fellowship, admitted them to their mee
tings,
Errnrs tftbe setftrics. 5 1
tings, opened itui* pjjpudoores, unto them, (hewed ill brotherly refpcft
of love ind kindnefle to them, even more then to moft of their own wty con-
defcendingto fuch a motion, as to forbeare preaching and printing agiinft
their opinions and way, making them ("who were fo fmall and inconfi-
derable a party ) as it were an cquall partie, putting them into the balance
with themfeUes; they appeared not to hinder their being chofen to bee
generall Lecturers, for this City in feverall great Churches : and as at
firft, fo all along they have been tender and refpeftfull of them in Affembly,
City, and in all cafes, (i; faring them to grow up to thoufands; andnotwiih-
ftanding breach of agreements, drawing away their people, preaching agaii -ft
them in their own Pulpits, many high and ftrange cnriages,yet ftiliufmg
all faircncffe and love, hoping by brotherly kindnefff, forbearance and *
thorow Reformation in the Church, ( wherein they have been willing upon
all occafions to gratific and have refpcft to their confciences) at laft to
Jjave gained them. £O?J OthefaitntulntfT, dutifulnefle, patience, iong-
fuftvring, forbearance of the Prisby tcritns ; their dutifulnefle, and patience in
waiting upon the Parliament ; their fiithtulnefle in not abating in their
zcale and refpefh to them ; O their love, kindnefle and tendernefte to the In-
dependents, yea to other Sedu ies alfo who have had fomething of Chrift and
grace in them,-and have not fallen into errours and blafphemiss, razing the
foundation. But now on the other hand the Sectaries (though i contemp
tible number, and not to be named at the fame time with the Presbyterians)
have not waited upon the Parliament and Atfembly for the Reformation,
but preached againft it, and ftirred up the people to imbody themfelres,and
to pyne in Church fellowship , gathering Churches, fetting up Indepen
dent Government , rcbsptiziug and dipping many hundreds ; and upon
any thing that hath been voted by the Affombly , Parliament, that hath
en fled them (though alas, few Orders or Ordinances which have refe
rence to the Stfttrries, or are againft their minds, have little life in them, or
ire put into execution ; witnefle that Ordinance againft mens preaching
who ire not ordained Minifterj, witnefle that Ordinance about Ptinting,
cum mnhis *liut Lay-men never preaching fo much, nor fo openly as fince tha
Ordinance, and all kind of erroneous wkked books printed, di'peHed as much
ts before, they have put forth broksagiinlt the Parliament, Affembly, preach
ed sgamft them, and their proceedings,the Direct ?rie, Ordinance againft prea
ching of perfons not Ordained, <£r. talked their pleafure, that they would lay
down Arms,that the King would give them a Toleration, that thefe procee
dings would difcounge the Army , and fuch like ; they have not forborn prin
ting of Anfwers to books, PetitJont,pi(TagQi in Letters, or other things which
K might
A GrtAUgut And Difctvcrit tf
might onke for theircaufe, becaufe tha Parliament did not like them or hid
forbid them, there's nothing that may maka for tha furthering of their wav
but they do it, Parliament, Affembly, Citie, Kingdome fay whit they will to
the contrary And as their urriage hath been thus to the Parliament, fo thev
hate and do all kind I of wayes within their power, wrong and abufe the sod-
ly Orthodox Miniferi and people, vilifying, flighting, and fcorning them.
raifingup all kinds of ef ill reports, andcafting reproaches on themf rcqui'
ting them tor all their love and kindneffe, with preaching agjinft them in their
o wne pulpits, dealing away their people from them,hbe>uring by all means in
places where they have any power or intereft, to keep good Miniftcriout of
fuch Churches, and Presbyterians out of all offices and employments- vea
in many places where they have power, they ftudy and watch to throw out
by one wile or other, godly Mini fters who are againft their way, detaining
their dues, vexing of them, and making their lives bitter unto them domi
neering and abufing the godly Orthodox partie, yea, ufing all policie and in-
duftneto get them felves into all chiefe places of power and com mind that
fo they may trample upon and crufti them. O had the Series b--en h the
phce of the Presbyterians, and the Presbyterians in theirs, and they fo
dealt with by the Presbyterians, as the Presbyteriins have been by them I
know what they muft have expected from them : Idareappeale to everie
ordinarie common underftanding , ye* , to the confcience of the Sectaries
themfelvcs, whether if they had had the Parliaments of both KWdomes
the Affemblies and Miniftcrs, the Churches and Pulpits, the representative
bodv of this Citie ; and the people and wee had been as few as they were
in the three firft ycaresof the Parliament, would they have fuffered us to
preach in their owne Churches againft them and their way, to have from
time to time confuted their Doctrine, to have preached up another Govern
ment and way, againft what the Parliament had voted and was a felling, to
have enjoyed fpeciill Lectures in principall places, to promote a way con-
traneto theirs, to have drawne away theirpjopk and maintenance from
them, to have fallen upon the prafticeof fetting up Prebyteriall Churches
and Government, Claflicall, Synodicall, in Citie, Countrey, to have prin
ted freely againft their way, and ufed allmeanes to have rendred them odious
among the people, would they have fate ftill, and gone without places and of
fices of honour, power, profit, andfufrered the Presbyterians afmallparti-,
to get into Court, Armies, Committees,^, toincreafeto focha number,
fuchaftrength and head, as to po&fle rnoft places of command in the field,
andintheftroogeft Garrifonsand Forts? a salfo Civil! offices both of power
>and profit, yea, to have a plurtlitie of places and offices ? Would the Sc<5h-
ncs.
»**; Errwrs tf the Setftrt'ts. 5 3
ries, if they hid bee n two * powerfull Armies, confi- * The setl*>ies, tfa
fling of Commander! and Souldiers for their wiy, **fv mak* b*t * fifth
under ©enerals after their owne heart, hare born thofe P********** **$>
things at the hands of Presbyteri.ns, which Presby.
tcriins have done from them ? O no, they would ne- ny touch of Scfttrfrme, yet
ver have endured the hundredth part of thofe wrongs, wfrebaw infblcntfbmeef
difcouragements , injuries; had the Affembly confi- ***•»*&€ been of late,
fted of Independents, excepting a matter of eight or ;?f ;V?* ther»fih>(s.
nine Presbyterian, would they have endured thtt,.nd w*Z"
put up that from the Presbyterian pirtie,ts the Affem- cb»nb government,
bly hath done from the Independent? fu flared them *»o«M tbeyfriftht
to (pin out time (o long, to /peak thofe things in the a* 'mJ *»ho'y 'f
Afombly fomeof them have j and in flead of bringirre '*»»*'! >*
in (according to Order) the whole frame of their ^
judgements concerning Church-government in a bo
dy , with their grounds and reafons, to bring in a Remonftrance, cafting dirt
upon them and their proceedings ? Would they in Nen-EngUnd endure ons
or more Presbyterians to live among them, and to go up and downe their
Couritrey, and in chiefe Towns and places to preach againft,cry downe their
Churches and Church-government, and to extolland cry up a contrarie way,
as Mr. Pfttrstnd others do here ? For mine owne part I an confidently per-
(waded, and fo I beLeeve are all wife men that have obferved the waies of the
Sedaries, that if they had been in the place of the Presbyterians, having had
their power, namber, authoritie, and the Presbyterians had been a fmall num
ber as they were, and foould have tftered to have done but the twentieth psrt
of that in preaching, writing,^, againft them, wkich the Seftiries have done
igiinft the Presbyterians, they would have trod them downe as mire in the
ftrcet, carting them out with fcorn before this time of day, not hive fuffcred
a Presbyterian to preach among us, or to have been in any pltce or office, mili-
tane or civill, but all would have been (hut up in prifons, baniflied, or elfe hi
ding them(elves in holes and corners : many godly perfons in fome phces ha
ving much ado now to hold up their heads, to lire by them, to preach quietly,
to go ftfely in the ftreets, and to be quiet in their houfes. And for conclufion
of the difference in the carriage and behaviour of the Presbytc' rims and the
Sectaries, the righteous Lord judge between them, and recompence to the
Presbyterians according to their kindnefle, love, peaceablenefle, forbearance
indrighteoufnefle; and'theLord forgive the Sedarks, and turn their hearts,
and caufe their foliy, inlolencies, unrighteoufncfle, and un/uft dealings with
their brethren, to be fo manifeft tothemfelves and all men. as they miy pro
ceed no further. K a
54 A Catalogue and Difcwtry $f
Now for the particular practices of the Sectaries they are many, indit
would require a Tradhte by it felfe to fet them downe j indeed I hardly know
anyftrange practice that hath reference to their waves, but fomc or other of
theai are guiltie in one kind or another. Mod of their practices and wayes
*> may be referred to thefe ten heads ; i To loofneffi and libertie in life and con-
'^Hverfatipn. 2 To covetoufntfle, ambition, and felf-f eeking. 3 To policies and
fubtiltie. 4 To aft venefle, fedulitie and mmblenefe in the profccution of their
Way* 5 To tusnultuoufneffe, diforder and confufion. 6 To the difturbance
and ovei throw of ceconotticall, ecclcfijfticall, and politicill relations and go-
yernment. 7 To mfolencies, pride, and arrogancie, 8 Tonclsofimmodefty
and incivilitit . 9 To power and will, carrying all before thex, and thro -ving
downe all that Hands in their way, 10 To hypocrifc under pretences of pie-
tie atid holinefle.
Now for the particular practices of the Sectaries, I had drtwne np many,'
to the number of feventie , and provided for everie pradicd inftanccs for
proofe, and upon fomeof them I could write a large difcourfe, even a book
uponfeverali of them; as of their behaviour and carriage towards rh< Par
liament, theKingdome of ScotUnd, the Aflembly of Divines theCitieof
London, the Mimfterie of England, yea of all the Reformed Churches, as of
their fetking and getting into all forts of offices and places they are any way
capable of (being Sequcftratours, Collect >urs, Rcceiv.rs, Survcyours, Ex
citers, Cuftomers, Secretaries, Clerks, &c. getting places h Court, great
Townes, dwelling in fequtftred houfes freely, procuring A rcares, &c. not
imanalmoft of late coming into anyplace or office, but an Independent, or
Indepeodentifli, there being no kind or fort of preferment, employaiL'ntB
plice, but fome or other of that way enjoy) as of their plotting and la ouriug.
from the firlt yeire of the wars, to get into their hands the fwo- d and pt>wer
of Armes, by having a confiderable Army, which they might look upon
more particularly, as theirs, and of their way, by atte.npting to remove and
heave atmany gallant Commanders,. to get the cooimind of the ft-ongtfl
Garrifons and places, yea to make To wnes of confeqjence that were no Gar-
rifons to htve been Girrifons, as Tarmonth ; but I am neccflltired fo divers
reafons, to pafle by wholly for the prefent many of thdr p adices, snd others
to name only, defiring the Reader ashee goas abng, tofupply the deFt(5ls.
by calling to mind ail particulars he kno wes and hath heard of upon the fevs-
rall heads.
i. Pr*%ic-f. They ufeto afcribe and attribute all the fnccefle of things, all
that is done in field , at Leaguers, all viftyries, brave actions, to their partie9.
Drying the^ up in BulpitSjNevvS'bookSjConferenceSyCaiiing them the UvJours
many Err wrs of the Sectaries. cr
©f the Kingdomes j and for this purpofc they htve certaine men that ire
Criers and Trumpeters between the Armie, Citie, and Countrey, who
trumpet forth their praifcs, giving them the titles of Terrible, &c. a large
book would not containe the rth • ion ofr all the viftorids, glorious aftions ex
ploits hiving been given to the Armiecaik-d ludependenr.
Prtfftct. Tney gi>e out and boaft their partie to t>e more ind greater
, , , g men, were ters, an
be theirs : yea, that the Aifcinbly, the French Churches, the Com-
iLiflionersof the Church o^ ScnUnd thought well of their way ; and fo of
particular perfons that are p;ime men, they naye given out, as if they were
orare coming over to them. Some of them have bragg'd that Sir Tkomu
jF4*Vfr*,tht» valiant vicarious Commander in chief of the Parliiment Forces
began to have fome glimmering of new light ; and I can prove Letters have
been written i v,-r ro fume of thtir partie in Holland.
that Mr. M**fk* was turned Independent - they
ufe to boaft of M f.i.nds in the o fe of Com ffl
rnons, and they will acquaint their friends in the **wdtome, the Gentle-
Houle ot Commons ; and they brag of a Toleration mM lt "bom fab *tws
giving out their frkncfs in the Houfe of Commons, »**'**l**ii*.
havefaid they flull htve a Toleration ; and they boaltthus to awe perfons,
•nd to madmen afraid to fpeak .giinft them, or to oppofe them ; but rather
hereto than wh, *• eio power full, and have fo many on their fide.
3. Prtgic*. They appropriate to themfelv^s the name of the godly and
Wtll-affcfted panic, the tide of Saints, calling themfelves the Saints, that
icy only p,tach Jeluf Chrift, and though they be Anabaptift*, Seekers tf*
>et ; Slinr$: t^-is is common in printed Books, Pdtitions, Ser-
)jlcourfes; what, fp.ak againftthc Saints? be igiinft » Toleration
rortheSun' ? meaning themielfcs only .
4:Pr*nire They pretend one thing, when they intend quite another,
•ndinsufuallf rthem to pretend the publike good, the benefit of the State
When it i$ c v dent they intend their o^ne intcreft, and ftreng^hen of their
wrtic; th, v pretend peace, bve, forbearing of all names of difference, to
the Presbyterians (ccure, negligent, and Co foifctre all means of fetling
gs, wd yet at the fame time go quite contrarie, ufing all means and waie!
tor p.- omoting their own partie, as they did after the lofll- of L-icefter.
'< r^u" thcj fd/««'€moft faultiein.that they will charge up-
oo others, the Prcsby terua Mujfter^ and people, as making divi(ions,«e wtn-
tng
5 6 A Catalogue *nd &i [civ trie of
ting love, as breaking the peace, and caufing mif- rules, tumults as be guilty of
perfecution, when as 'tis evident to all the world, they are moft faulty in thcfe
particulars, and in many more, and for the proof of it I Ibuld dsnaonftrate it
in a hundred inftanceS.
6t P rattle f. They doonptirpofe (having got Churches void) keeps mi-
nie Churches without Minifters, feeke out for ncne> ftop fall they cm) Or
thodox Minifters from coming in, which they do for two reafons, i . That
fothey may pay no Tithes: 2. That fothey may have the liberty of the
'Pulpits for ail kindc of Sectaries, and mechanic'* preachers, who come from
London, the Armies, and other places to preach in and corrupt the people,
ind that the people being as fheep without a fhepherd, may be more eafily
now drawne away to error and fchifme; and of this praftice there are many
fad examples in Hartfordfiire, Bucking, Efex, and that in Come great rmr-
ket-townes, as Chcfl>*mt where thousands of fouls are.
7. Prattice. They have laboured and do by all waies to have no Church-
government at all fetled in this Kingdome, but to keep it out. Or fecond-
ly, if there muft be any, yet to have a defective, imperfect loofe Government
and Reformat ion, that may not be able to do the worke,that fo others may
f all cff to their way the more; and for proof of this, they have refufed to
joyn for a pure full Reformation in points according to their own principles,
that fo one good might not hinder a greater good (as was expreffrd) and
haveoppofed to the utmoft a thorow^PresbyteriallReformatian. 3. They
have laboured to get a Toleration granted before the Government be fetled,
to get an exception before the rule was made, and if once they had gotten
that, let the Presbyterians get the Government then when they could, and
this they ftirred in, and fought to effect laft winter. 4. Seeing they could
not do this, but this policy was efpied, they labour for a Toleration together
with a Reformation, that the Church-Government and a Toleration might
be borne and brought forth together as twins in one day, and fo go hand in
hand, and this they are labouring for now, the monfter of Telerat ion concei
ved in the wombe ©f the Sectaries long ago, they having gro wne big with it
everfince, arc now m traveil to bring it forth, and till they could be ready
and get things fitted for a Toleration, they beftirred themfelves ibagiinfl the
London Petitions, that of Sept ember, thote of November, left Government
Ihould be fetled before t Toleration, and therefore one of them faid to feme
Citizens , why fhotild you bee fo hafty for Government, cannot you (lay a-
while ? how long faid they ? To fpring, faid this Se<5hrie, hoping their tole
ration bufmetfe would be readie by that.
8, Pr*8icf» In Come Parifli- Churches where the Sectaries are put in,
they
many Err ours tf the Sentries. 5 7
they have putdowne all finging of Pfalms, as at Elfljm CWr,&. ^w.
rie in H*rtford~&me, and will not fuf&r the Parishes to enjoy any fmginz
ofPfalms; and in other place*, they begin to put down all Prayer in the
pubhkc Aircmblic-J, and to fay there muft be onely difcourfing and prea
ching; and in places where they cannot prevaiie to (hut out finging of
Pitlmes, they In a contemptuous manner cUpon their hats, in the time of
finging of Pftlms, and having been pull'd erf, put them on again- yea in pray
er alfo many ofr them keep on hats.
9. Frtftice. They fend forth into fev.-rall Counties of this Kinedome
from their (Shurches in ZW™, asChurch-tfts, fcverall Emiffirfci mem!
bers of their Churches, to preach and fprcid their errours, to dip, to gather
and fettle Churches; they are not content with their owne meetings on
Lords- daies, week- daics, keeping confhnt Ltfturcsin fet plices, for all to
come to that will thereby poifoning many in the City, but they endeavour
leavening of all the Counties, as I might give infhncei of L*mt KifKn,
with many others fcnt abroad, yea, of fome fcnt into the North asfarrc
IS T«rk(.
m 10 They have appointed and kept Difpufations from towne totowrw
inf « fTniCt' S.rvlng°uut fhe thne, places indqueftions they willdifpute
of, as of Pocd,biprifme,theMimltery Of the Church of England &c and
agreeamong themfelves that fome of them (hall fcetn to be for PaJobap-
tifme, and m the difputation'tij maintained at firft eagerly by fome of their
pmyig.ir.ft othersof them whooppofeit - but then after^onTand Jre t
dilputatian at laft they confefTe they are by the evidence of truths Evinced
and before all the people, g,ve glorie to God that now they fee the ruth-
whereby the people feeing them whopleadedfor Pcedobaptffml confS
their errour and yeeldmg, ^they knowing nothing of this precontract and d/
ceu) they alo (tumble, queftion and fall'; yea, §and to fpr«d efr er ou i
the more in fome great to wne where fome of theSeftifias bing fouldiers
r« .ff^T/K.6 :d'theyhsv*d^ theufeoffeverall houfes of perfons
^ L!f fn w0. '' emj°n f°:nLC Chrifti«n$ miskt meet to confer to-
»t contenting themfdves to reafonin thehoufe where
belsrg!r to hold mxny, but to get
T.fls ths Deoolewith thrir
: hare fallen out and do in the Kingdomes, of Vifto-
f n If1 Pr/Xl/lanc,c s> p^"ions, Adions, Death of particular p-rfons
of all matter ,n Church, Stue, Parliament, A(Tembl/, City, they mak?uf«
of it one w^ cr other u> further their dcfigne, and turne it'fXfathl
5 8 A Catalogue axd Difrwtn of
ring of their way, tnd againft the Presjyteriail Government, as the bufintflfe
of Demtington Caftle, asthelofcof Lcietfttr, upon that framing a Petition
to adj )urna the Afcmbly , with other particulars which I cannot now
mention.
12. Some of the Se<5htks plead miracles, revelations, vifions, for their
way, and to confirme their doctrine, as fome Anabaptifts at Terke for their
rebaptizition, that being baptized in the winter in the river Ottfe the water
was as hot as if it had beene in the midft ot fumtner j as healing the ficke
with the anointing of oyle ; as giving out, Chrift appeared to an Anabsptift,
and forbade her to baptize her child, of which the Reader may read more in
the fecond Letter.
13. They are wont upon the coming forth of books againft their way,
which they fee take with wife men, and for which both their opinions and
themfelves fuf&r, to give out they ftnllbeanfwtred, and are anlwering of
them, to keep the people in heart till they be forgotten, and the (p^ech of the
booke over, of which I could give many inftances ; and fo upon the new Mo
del! (when in fttsd of bringing that in to the Affembly, they brought in pre
tended reaions why not) they fuffcred much, in the tftcem of all unprejudiced
men, fpcaking they durft bring in none becaufe of the weakneffe of their way;
then levet all Stctuie* gave it out in many places and to many (as I can prove
it, and name pcrfons tooj that the Modell was a printing, it waf certainly in
the prcfle, and all the world fhould fee it.
14. They have done and practiced many ftringe things in reference to bap.
tifme of children, drefling up a Cat like a child for to be baptized, inviting ma
ny people both men and women as to baptizing of a child, aid then when
neighbours were come, having one to preach againft bap-«ziog of children;
they have baptized many weakly ancient women naked in rivers in winter,
•whereupon fome have fickmd and died; they have baptized young maidi,
Citizens daughters, about one and two a cbck in the morning, tempting them
out of their kathers houles it midnight to be baptized/ the parents being afleep
and knowing nothing.
15. They ufe to give great and glorious names, iwellmg Titles, to their
books they fet forth, *$,In»oeencj and Truth Triumphing tcgttker, as, Truth
glorioxfly appearing, &c. asalfo to their erroneous Doctrines laid down in
their books, caftingupon Truths of God odious names, a< Tiff forming of
isfntichrifi>Difcoverjof thcmttnoffin, &C. their books being juft like the
<s£gjpti*n Temples, whole outfides were beautifull and glorious, having the
infcription of a Deity upon them, but within noLhing but a Crocodile,an Ape,
sn Onion, or ioJic fuch vile mean creature.
i6\ They
m**y
if. Trey are- extreamly full of partiilify in ill their wiieS, not tllowing
that to others (though far mere confidenble for quality, dignity) which them-
•ftlves ordinarily do, ipeaking againft that in others wtoch they daily praft'fe, of
\vhich I will give a few inftinces ; they have cried out in Pulpits, Pamphlets,
difcourfes, of the Citizens, Common Ccuncell, Minifters,for petitioning to fet
tle Government,or humbly reprefenting their dcfireJ :O 'tis an interp >fing,med-
•Iing, anticipating, and I know not what 1 when as a few Se Varies, Lilburne and
his fellowes, can appoint meetings,and g" ve notice to manie to come to them at
fuch times and places, and draw up Petitions, and that ftrange ones too, medl ng
with manie things before the Houfes, and in debate not determined, and agaiult
the known Privilcdges of the Houfes, of which I might give manic inftancts ; as
ifter the loffc of £«><•/«-, in the meetings of the Sextants, this was one of tha
cltufes of their Petitions, to name fuch and fuch members of the Houfe of Com
mons to be t Comittee for the raifing of the Counties, and appointing Comtnsn-
ders, but oppofed by fome godly Orthodox Citizens (who faw their drift, and
obferved well whom they named) as being againlt the Privileges of Parliament^
for them a few private perfons to nominate a Committee of the members of Par.
liament,as alfo that the Afletnbly might be adjourned; thus one of the Pamphlets
tells us among his Newes, that inferiour Rtpicfenta- , .
tivcs (which no man of undemanding can interpret of K«77^Ttfi. "*
inie but the Common- Councell o! Ltndon) muft bee
wary of medling or interpofing by Petitions , or gathering together, bat leive ill
to the Parliament; but now the Sectaries foure or five hundred of them they
may meet together, interpofe, reprefent, may fpeak their pleafures of tnd arraign
the Parliament, Committee of Examinations, M.Speaker, ind other Members
of the Houfe, as they did after JLiV^rir/ committing, and the Intelligencer will
not difciplinethem. Again, they may print, preach, fpeak againft Affembly, Mi-
nifterie, for Independency, againft Presbytery, and what not? and yet if my'
of them be queftioned, or book flopped at preflVtis perfection, and they can
not be heard, nor have liberty to fpeak for their way; whereas the fame men ufc
all means and waies againft Presbyterians, preaching, printing, yea labouring to
hinder their putting forth of Anfwers and calling in Anfwers made; yea endea
vouring to trouble thofc who Licenfe books againft their waies : as for inftancc,
the Aflembly being falfly and fcandaloufly dealt with in a Pamphlet intit. A ۥ-
py of a Remo»flrance lately delivered™ to the tsiftemblj ; the Sectaries have ufed
all their friends to hinder the printing of the Aflemblks Anfwer: fo manic of
the Seftaries at their meetings drew up a Petition to the Houfe of Com*
mons," to have Mr. Prjnns and Dr. B*fi*icks bookes called in, tnd
that Houfe to declare their fenfc •gainfl them , and that no fuch
£ bookes
6® A CttAhgttt And Difctvfrie
books might be writ igainft the godly wdl-*ff d:dptrrie,'undertfeem ncof A-
nabaptifts, Bnvvnifts, Independents, and a Urge fcfiedub wts annexed to the
Petition, of iff ufivepjflagcsthat were in M. ?>•;»»*/ and D.^/fftr/c^bo'ik (I
think ere long they will dare to petition, that no man (hall prcsch agtinft an Ana.
baptift, or name a Stftirie, or fpeakea word for Presbyteric, but themftlv^s
may preach, pjint, and fay what they lift: ) And fo in theca(eof the Letter of
the City Minifters to the Aft mbly agiinft Toleration, and in other b"»ok$ ; yetf
ind in Sermons that have been aga'nft the feds, they have threatned and endea
voured to trouble and queftion the Ltcenferitnd Preachers.
17. They are full of plots and pro/efts tor their way, and increafing their
party, they ha veal wales defignes on foot, they do nothing, nor propound no
thing but theres fome defigne or other in it, they are big with many at once,
that if one take not another may, if one miff- they prefently ftart another, of
which I could give manie inftances, and (how how the hand of loab hath been
ind is where 'tis little thought j they ufe other men upon other interefts and ends
to do their worke, they have waief colhterelly and indirectly to eflfcft theic
worke, when it would be marred if they went in re ft a line* : they cm and
ordinarily do go about to deftroy bufineffes they fecme to plead for, by pro
pounding and putting upon ways to eflfeft it which they know are not feafible.
1 8. They have and do when put upon prefent exigents, y eeld to and forbear
things for the prefent, and fometimei in appearance will (eeaie to go far with
you, and arc content to lofe the fore- game, that they may play the aftergame
better and recover all; they will fometimes appeare to be yours fully till they
have ferved their turne, giving place for a time , but ftill waiting opportu
nities, and working in the mean time all they may, and when they have coun
ter workt, they will fetch all about agiin another way, and make void all they
feem'd to grant you ; and of this there are too many examples among the Sefta-
ries, inanieof them taking the Nationall Covenant for that infttnt nectfiuy,
that they might worke fo as in time to deftroy the end and intent of it , and
yeelding fome arguments and debates fbs the prefent , to effect their owns
ends afterwards.
ip. They have been and are PolupragmaticaU, indefatigably aftive, ftirring,,
reftlefle night and day, in City, Countrey , in all places having their agents to doe
their worke and promote their caufe : their eyes are intent upon every thing
that may make for them or againft them, and they have a hand in every thing,
they are men of a hundred eyes and hands, out-acting, and out. working all
the Presbyterians, they deale with this mm to take him off, and worke with a-
nother to qualific him ; they have got moft of the weekly writers of Ncwes to
plead their Caufe, commend their pcrfons, cry up their aftions; they havefent
Emiflxries
many Err our 5 gf the Sett tries.
Eamiaries to kvcrall Count rcyes, to preach, carry Letter*, dcale witli perfons
for chufing of Burgefles in Parliament fer their way, as M.Peter s and others-
they obferve all mens tempers, humours, and accordingly dtale with them al£
focne with offices and places, fome by holding out principles luin'ng theirlufts.
20. They deiperately cenfure and judge all men, both their eftatcs and action j,
who are not for them, they prefemly unfaint them, and men fall from grace ipfi
fiftoby preaching or writing bookes againft their errours, as M.Prjnne, making
him worfe then the late Archbi&op of Canterbury, and fo one M.f.for writing
againft them ; they ufe this phrafe (fometimes accounted a godly man) and of
M.ex/^they have not only in J?^/<iW laboured to blaft him by their ccnfures
and reports, but writ over into Holland, that fince he appeared againft them, God
had evidently blafted him, and taken away his gifts; and lately upon reports (rai-
fed by them no doubt) that I was dead (though there was not the leaft colour for
it, not being fick at all,) they gave it out, it was Gods juft Judgement upon me
to cut me off, for preaching and writing againft the Independents; tnd atth«
fame time they gave out, that M.C*/4«; had broken his arme, and D. Ttvifc I
dying ; O faith oneof their Doctors of Divinity, you may fee the juft hand of
God againft the Pfe5byterians,M.£</>r4r^ dead, M.C4/4wiV/ arme broke,andD.'
Twiffe a dying, fo that if thefe things had been thus, we may fee how they would
have judged it ; and if fuch things had fallen to fome of us, which fcave to many of
the feftarics (which Iname not to upbraid them with,but to fliewthem their own
folly,) as that by the plague of peftflence our children two at a time had been ta
ken away, as M.GW»;»/ wa§ upon the making his houfe a meeting for the Se
ctaries, and fome of our eyei put out by a Pike in the ftreet, as one of Liltmmt
was, immediately upon his Letter coming forth againft U.Prynne and the Aifem-
bly ; and our wives ftark mad, as M.Pcters wife, wee might have expefted as
bad books written of us, as were written by the Papifts of Luther tnd Calvin.
2 1 . They take upon them more places then they can or do difcharge, and bear
the names of fome places which they feldome officiate, and have laboured to add
more places to thofe they have already, and that both in City and Countrey, fo
that fome of them befides their phces in the Aflembly, which they feldom attend
(efpecially this laft yearej and their private gathered Churches, have divers Le
ctures and places, befides their hanging upon g-eat men, to preach before them
to ingratiate thcmftlves, and getting to preach at tr bite-hall, S.James, WcKmin-
/*r,and other eminent places, where the great ones, Earles, Lords, and th«
(Brandceiof the time refort; they do not, as wee Miniften fit ftill expecting!
call to places, but they arc forward men, beftirring themfel ves to attain this place
tnd that, getting fuch great mens Letters in their behalfe, ufing fuch Minifters of
note, and other pcrfons of quaJitywd power in Piriihcs to make w«y for them
A Catalogue And Difcwcrie of
to come in, pretending to preach for nothing, #-;.and dill in til thefe Leftures
ind preachings, they have an eye to Churches in phces moft convenient for thier
ends, as fo fituated, fo capacious, and to times when few or no Lcfturej elfe are,
as on the Lords day in the morning between fix and feven a clocke, all thofe Le-
&ures at that time of the day from Stepney to WefttninftcrjhQy either have pof-
feffion of, or have ftrongly laboured for them; yea, and to have iet up others on
the Lords dayes in the morning, at Ludgtte, Aider fate , &c. if by themfelves
or all the friends they made, they could have effected it; and fo th6 Lords day in
the evening, when other Sermons are done, they have gotten that Lecture at the
Three Cranes j and fo the Lefture on Munday night, when there* no Lecture
clfe, befide* the Expofition Leftureson week dayes in the (everall parts and quar
ters of this City, and new Leftures mother eminent places of the City, which
they have endeavoured to fet up, if they could have obtained the Minifters con-
fents; and in their places they have an eye to good pay, a hundred pound a yeare
for preaching once a week in one phce, and (eventy pound />«-*»»*«, for prea
ching once a fortnight at another, and a peece for a Sermon as foone as they have
done, and a good Cupper for another, and yet they will have a care to take no
more paines then needs muft, as M. B. havinga hundred pound per *nnum for
preaching at Crlpplegate on the Lords day in theafternoone, could never be got
to give the Parifli a Sermon now and then on a Faft day, or a day of Thankfgi-
ving,as a great friend of his in that Parifli, who knows, told me; befides I could
name other5, who will do nothing on the Faft dayes. They take upon them the.
names of fnch Lectures and Churches, as being chofen and nominated to them,
but others of their own partiefupply them, fooitimes one, and fomtimes ano
ther, they have one Sprig or another, one Emiffary or other from the Army, ona
Jloufe-bird or other to ferve the places: It would make i book by it felf to relate.
all particulars in this kind. Oneman of their way., befidcs bHng a member of the
Affembly and his a privste Church, hath pliccs in Norwich, Yarmouth,? ijhftreet-
killm London. A fecond, befides the Affembly.hath phce; it ABtn four L^&ures
st Weftminfter, befidcs his intereft and fhare in fom? Lectures in London. A
third hath a place at Stepney > CrippLegtte, Cor»!oitlab:Ciles part of another Le-
fture, and all referves for this Parlhment man and the other to ingratiate hioifdf
with them, Afourth, befides the Afferobly, which he ieldom comes to, and his
particular private Church, hath Lectures in Lwdon, which all the laft fummer he
ieldome preached at,not preaching atone of them in the fpace of three quarters of
i year together. And they do not only neglect their Leftures in our Churches,but
they take to themfelves more members in their owne Churches then they can
preach or look too,for they admit members who live confttntly many miles from
, there mother foe miles* another fifteen miles off,
•form.
many Errottrs tf the Sefltres.
Tome at Norwich, iome at Tx*-rn6t(th, another forty irilesotf ; every one of their
particular Churches is not a Psrifh Church,buta Biflaops Diocefle, nay ibme of
them are Archbifhopricks and Provinces, far larger then the Presbyterian Pro-
irinces,reaching from London to Dover, as D.Hot/ns, who hath fever*!! members
there, going twice or thrice ay eare thither to vifit ; and in one of his vifitation
Sermons, preaching to his members, prayed God to bleflfe, and remember them
who had but a bit once in a quarter or halfe a year. And as this H the practice of
the Clergie, fothe Laity among the Sectaries have plurality of offices and places,
Come have both militarie and civill, others two or three civill offices, and I could
name one, who hath fome five or fix, befideshisbeing a Committee-man: Ini
word, our Strides are become Pluralifts, Non-refidents,and fome of them Vbi-
quitaries,and are well paid for it, as M. Peters.
22, They generally walk loofely and at latge, over what they did before they
turned Sectaries, and in companion of the godly Presbyterians; they do many
things under pretence of Chnftianlioerty, which profcflburs heretofore were
not wont to do, nor do not, neither durft they have done, of which I could give
many inftances both inperfons & things; I do not know,norhearof a Sectary in
England, that is fo ftricl: and exact in hislife,as he was berore,and as thoufands of
Presbyterians are; and this is not my obfervation alone, but a general obfervition:
many of them play at Cards and Tables,are verie loofe on the Sibbith diys,go to
Bowls and other fports on dayes of publike Thankfgi ting, as M.lobxGooM)te
and feverall of his Church, they wear ftrange long haire, go in fuch fine fifhiont-
bleapparell bevond thdr places as 'tis a (hamc; they will read, ride journeyes, do
fervile buiineffcs on the Faft daies,and give their PariQi Churches no Sermons,no
Pnyersatallon thofe daies ; they make little confciencc of family duties, they
will fit and tipple, bejoviall and merrie together, I could tell true and certaina
ftories of manie Seftaries-who were exceeding precife and ft rid before they fell
into thofe wiies, but are abo.nina ile loofe now; and let but a man turne Sertarie
now adiiev,and wuhin one half year he is fo metamorphofcd in apparcll,hair,(^T,
as a mm hardl) knowts him.
23. In all -.natteri and bufintfll-s which fucceed not according to their mind,
but croffe their waies anddcfig icsa^ ifachoiceofperfonsthey like not be made
to places, or if fuch a thing p*JOk and be done that pleads them not, they will
try all waies p filole, and caft ab >ut to finde (ome fliws or other, pretend
this thing and the other to qu/ftion the election and make it null, or toob-
ftruftit; they will put ia Articles agsinfl men chofen , though they cannot
prove them; they will pretend fomthing or other, wis omitted, and fuch s
pi&ge was illegal^ and all to bring to a new election, and then they will workc
tilkind of waks to tftcd.thtir.dcfigqes..
24, They
Catalogue and Dipwtrit of
24, They have fpoken ftrange and high fperches agaiaft the fetling of Presby-
terUll Government and the Presbyteries, is one Anabiptift of late, Fhit he "o- i
ped to fee Heaven and Etrth on fire before Presbyterie ihould be feikd ; another
Ss<flirie,Thati£ was one of the Articles of his beleefe, that within feven yearns
there would not fo much as the name of Presbyterie be heard in England; a third,
That hee hoped to fee the Presbyterie as much trod underfoot as the Bi fa ops
were ; a fourth, That if the Saints were thus perfecuted, and could not have the
libcrtie of their confchnce, it wouU come to — A Gentleman told me, he had
heard many Souldicrsof a Regiment of Horfe (which I forbears naming) fay,
That when the Army of Cavaliers was overcome,there would be another Army
to overcome, intimating the Presbyterians ; and I could relate ft range fpeeches
told me by faithfullear-witneffeSjno fleight perfons/paken igainft our brethren
of Scotland by fome Sectaries.
2 5 . After they have fet their hands to papers,« upon agreements in fuch and
fuch points of difference j as upon the receipts of money, as upon giving in what
theydefire, when they think fuch things may make againft fome of them, have
ufed means to get thofe papers back again into their hands, and have come to
thofethat kept them fome dayes after, pretending they defired to fee them, and
look upon them for fome reafons, and then have defired to borrow them for a
few dayes, to compare thefe papers with theirs, or for fome other ufe, and being
lent them by Presbyterians (who are plain honeft men, and not acquainted with
policies) they keep them, and cannot be entreated to returne thecnagiine, but
being asked for them, pretend fome excufe or other ; of which I could give in-
ftances, naming the perfons and things at large, but I fpare them.
26. Theypraftife and endeavour to get Sectaries, and thofe that way aftc-
«ed, to attend on and be about cordiall Presbyterians that are of quilitie, place
and power, both to obfcrve and watch them, and to qualifie theon, and do foine
good offices for the Seftaries ; of which I cowld give notable inftances, but I
muft only hint it, and leave Presbyterians to their owne obfervation.
27. About the time of moulding the new Army, fome of the Sectaries gave
out where ever they came, and went from one to another, both to Minifters,peo-
ple, that fuch and fuch (call them what yonwillj are the men that will fight
cordially for you, overcome the Cavillers, and when they hive done, they will
either fubiut to the&ovanment eft*blifhed,orelfe leave the Lind,you need not
fesre them ; and this they laboured to pofofc all men with,thit fo without mut
tering or fpsaking agiinft, there might the more Seftaries get phces in the Ar
my ; and yet we fee now by experience, that upon all motions and petitions for
lettiag the Gavttrrnent, or againft Toleration, the Army is fpoken of: And
Will you difcouragfi thofe ttut fight fo bravely, tnd that God hath madefoin-
•~ ' ftrumentau
ft
..i. U tc ,
liocrne ot coniticnc:, »nd li
it they may not preach
bt^ve, that
ftr««h«««™» - - « i"C « ™ fon, whoh,ve fo polluted .hex-
•r^^lttof^J s;ft,ri^emft(vcs,,nd principal Ring-lea-
i""'"' t ^S ft « An* P tito, An.inomi.ns.Tnd.pcndents, *r. were not only
y' con"om^.eto thl Bilhops th.nfomeof «. A5 for eximpie, Mr.
the Bifhos relfin Innov.tionJ, w« Wont to rids
f thoueh I praAifed the old Conformitic) would
tt contib'utions sgainft the Scots bat diffiaded
veeld to bow to the Altir,
of
66
A Catalogue and Di [cowrie of
* 1 never jit/li fit? that wic.
fydaatb Ex oftkio, tn Mr.
Burton. Mr, Calam. Jufc
*xd ncccjf. dMhgc } againR
*n vjkit In-vtfttvt of Jttr.
JBurtons, pag.^S.
k D. Holms : / write not thk
to commend or prefer wy fe'fe
before others, but becaufe maty
Sectaries to blafl my preaching
*nd writing from doing good,
b.ii>e given out ful^y to many,
thall WM agreattime.fervery
tnd. a. great man ftr the bi-
fjops and their wnyes , ujing
that at an (ligament not to
bted what l wiite or preach :
I therefore thought it neeeffary
to fay that much far the unde-
ecsvingofmtny whotytow mee
not. And had I ever learned
the Mt of titne-ferving, I
fhoutd not have writ fuch a.
book M thi^nor preach at I do,
but vnuldrathtr turneSefta-
rie , J or At leafl comply with
Afo I might be a Crea-
and* darting of theft
tmes.
people up to Rails or read the book of Sports3, or
highly flirrer the Arch-Bifhup in an Epiftie D.dicato.
rie to him b; or put Ankles into the High Cominifli >n
Court agtinft any, but was my fclfe put into the High
Commiflion Court , and Purferants with Letters
miflflve, and an Attachment fent oat to apprehend me,
for preaching a Sermon at Mercers Chappell, on a Fiff
day in July, 1^40. againft the Bifhops and their Fa-
ftion, fuch a free Sermon as I beleeve never a Sectarie
in England durft hare preached in fuch a place, and at
fuch a time.
To conclude for this time the practices of the Se
ctaries, it is apparent they make the propagation and
adfsncement ot their way and partie, in oppofition to
the Presbvteriail Government their fupreme Law ;
for the effecting of which they have and do ufe all
meins, though diflioneft and unlawfnll ; they fay and
unfay, affirme and deny , make promifes and break
them, go backward and forward, and in one word,
have difpenfed with their moft iacred principles of
Church- fellowfhip, foas fuch things may make for
the increafe and advancement of their partie, of which
I could gi ve a world of inftances. O b . B ut it may be it
will be faid, What arc the practices of fome men, and
matters of raft, to a way, it is arguments muft con
vince men, not practices ? Anfa. Much everie way in this, becaufe both in
printed books, Pulpits and Difcourfes, the practices of the Sectaries are brought
to perfwide people to forfake our Churches, and to come to them ; as the great
holine{fe,fanctitie,felfe-deaiall, humilitie, innocencie of that partie, with their,
painf ull preaching without great living?, or expecting Tithes ; and on the other
hand, the Presbyterians are branded as men of no great pietie, holineife, charitie,
and if it were not for livings of two or three hundred pounds a year, they would
turn Independents : and many people are dra wne more by thefe things, than by
all their Arguments. Now therefore the dificoveriag to the people nakedly and
truly their practices, may undeceive them, and bs as good a means to bring theoi
back to the Communion of the Reformed Church, as ever the f alfe reprefentx-
tion of them was to mif-lead them.
Copie of fame Letters, "frith a NarrAtUn of Starts t *n(l
oncerning the Se Slants.
many Ertouys of the Stfiaries.
A. Copy of fome Letters , Vcitb a Narration of Stories and RemArk^bl
fs. concerning the
Mr. Henry Dexn,it} a conference with me l^ovemb. 20. delivered :
i. That thrift aid only fathfiefor the fins committed againft the
firlt Covenant, quoting for it Hebr. 9. 15. and being asked , If there were
no fins againft the fecond Covenant ? He anfwered, onely unbelief. Andkbe~
ing further a*ked, Who then fatisficd for this unbelief ? He anfwered, Every
man did fatisfit for himfelf , becaufe he that believes not , the wrath of God
abides upon him: fo that for a years unbelief, a man bears a years wrath,
and for a mone hs unbelief, a moneths wrath j and proteiled, This was all the
fatisf ctionGod did require.
2. Being then urged with the Heathen, That theymufl then all be faved,
becaufe their fins againil the firll Covenant were pardoned, and they had ne
ver finaed agaiift the fecond, which was never revealed to them. He an
fwered, The Heathen had Chriftand the Gofpel preached to them in the
creatures, the Sun, Moon, and Stars, which he proved from that place, CoL
1.23.07 T*<W 7)Tjc7iro,*nd in them was revealed the knowledge of Chrift crici*
fied and paraon ot fin by him, if they had eyes to fee it.
Thefe were new to me, which I never before heard maintained by any ;
But with thefe he profeffcd all the Arminian Doctrines , that Chrift dyed for
all, and for ludxt in particular; and that he was confident, that He dyed
for all , as well as for any one ; and, A power in a man to refift grace ; and,
That the grace that would convert one man j would not convert another,
whh many fuch other damnsbl^ Doftrines, deftroying the foundation : I
fear, while we contend abon? Difcipline, the purity ot our Doctrine will be
corrupted; and that if our Discipline were fetled to day, we fhould have
greater contentions about Doftrine rr> morrow.
Sir, the words in the Letter are • h :fe, Written by a Minifler intke <ss4rmj.
There are two new O. inions rifen ubouc Bath and Briftol, among the Ana-
biptift?, and followed with much heat , as a glorious difcovery of a new Light
(for fo they call itj it hath been dilputed pro and cont in feveral conventions,
and increafeth much, &c.
i . That Chrifts humane natureis defiled wi^h Origiaal fin, is well as ours,
2. That there is but one perfon fn the Divine nature.
He addes,the Ix>rd pity poor .Efcg/rfjr^and fiibfcri>es,
From Withicomb, Ofl^.iy. R. B.
Sir, I am your Servant W. S.
Thii Letter toot fent me from <t V(»rtby twJi gkllf Minifter, With this Super-
frriptfott, For Mr. ThotnM Edtotrdf, Preacher of Gods Word.
A a Dear
A Catalogue and Dtfcoveryef
DEar Father, fince my coming into thefe Weftcrn parts, God hath done
great things for the Publique round about us , in which I defire to re-
joycc: Thofe I need not to acquaint you withal. The City fooner knows
what is done within thirty miles of us, then we our felves : Wherefore I (lull
not meddle any further in things of that nature , then to let you know, That
Sir Tho: F*irf*x is conceived ere this time to be beyond Taunton, Goring re-
treated, •Cromtocl marched homtrinchcfter, fomefay to£<«»£/W, fome to
the Army : But the mercies which he hath vouchfafed more peculiarly to me,
1 cannot, dare not conceal: Which, feeing they are expended to me in the
way of my Miniftcry (and your hands concurred to feparate me to that work)
I know you will be well pleafed to be acquainted with. Till God was pleafed
to call me out of Pool ( my Garrifon ) upon an occafion , you (hall anon be
better informed of, I was in an exceeding fuccefsful way of winning fome
home to Chrift , winning off others from a miftaken Chrift , and a very fair
way was made , by Gods blefling, for the paffige of Gofpel truths, which
before had been much infecled with A»tinomi** Errours. I found a people
there, for the generality, fo greedy of knowing, as 1 fcarce ever faw till then;
which defire (likea vehement third) which catcheth at any thing that is moift
( though poyfon to quench it ) made the fubtii feducers bold to convey, and
themfelves facile to receive any venemous Tenents under the pleating notions
of Chrift and new lights, (for the fmoking tayles of thofe London Tire-brands,
which retard the work, have fumed the Weft too; theDivel that kindles
them, is fo very buHe in his work of comparing the Landj and weak Chri-
ftians(who had not indeed been tenderly enough dealt withal formerly) wan
ted very much a tender hand to fet them in joynt almoft in every point of Re
ligion: Upon confultation with my fellow- labourer Mr. B. a precious fweet
man , it was refolved we fhould win thefe (illy fouls from Errour , by thofe
very wayes they had been wooed unto it : which were Preaching,G race and
justification, (which onely they called Preaching Chrift) and affording them
private conferences , ( mean while avoiding all fharpneffe in publique re
proofs , but yet undermining their Errours, by grounding them in the oppo-
ficetruthsj in which fome queftionor other in debate between us ^ propo-
fed commonly fome dayes before) was (everyone fpeakingtoit in order
(prootcon) as they conceived it ) moderately difcufled. Then one Minifter
or other prefent, with our approbation , clofed with prayer. Sir, the ifTue of
theHrft andfecond meeting was very comfortable, and we did all of us (in
appearance at L aft) punctually agree. In the fecond meeting efpecially, we
had a very happy fuccefle, ( except on fome few , whom when we couid not
it Teems fcttsite, (though they told us notfo there) God was pleafed to fpeak
fo
matty Errwrs ef the S eft tries.
fo for us, by a fignal providence, which I (hall acquaint you with; for they all
(except thofe few) went home blefling God, for fo great a blefling as they
conceived themfelves poffefled of in us. Bot thofe few (chat I may not detain
you long from that providence which to us appeared very notable , and I am
confident will to you) it feems being a little Anabaptivd into an expectation
of I know not what Revelation by one Final fas I heard) a Chaplain to
Col. P. ( who a little before had charged St. 7>Aut ( he might as well have
faid the Holy Ghoft) with weakncfle and infirmity , in complaining of the
.body of death : So high flown is the petition of the Saints not conft fling (in,
in his brain) not fatisfied with our dating the queftion, then debated of (vie.
whether fandification were an evidence of /unification, and how far? ) Be-
caufewe did not allow enough tothofc bare Revelations, had prepared an
Argument (as they conceived ) beyond all exception, to convince my Bro
ther and me of the reality and ufe of them , and therefore invited us after the
meeting , to i woman (their Oracle a Supernumerary Sybel at leaft) lately de
livered of a childe, whofe extafies they much confided in. When we came,
we found the woman ( who it is probable had but lately received fome ex
traordinary comfortjbut the Divel had had his Oar too in the Boat)dreamt \n-
to Antbaptifm -, but with fuch Revelations , in which (he told us Chnftdid
appear to her glorioufly, and perfumed her, (and (he would ask thofe about
her, whether they fmelt not thofe perfumes ) and told her, her childe muft
never be baptized, We were loth to trouble her to confute her , then being
weakly, but left her with apromife to return when (he had gained more
ftrcngth. Meanwhile, on the next Sabbath, I had occafionto handle the
common place of Revelations, from Gods appearing to Abrami In which
Bxpofition, I told them how eafily Satan might deceive under the habit of
an Angel in them , with much more to that purpofe. After that mornings ei-
ercife , thefe perfons fufficiently baited my harmlefte expreflions in private,
as I heard : But God rhe next day made the troth of them publique ; for the
next news which I heard, was that this woman before fpoken of , was grown
perfectly diftrafted , which I my fclf fince finde fully verified, for I have tal
ked with her , and now (he crycs out of feeing and fmelling the Divel in eve
ry thing almoft. Jt feems his defign being wrought, he thought it fit to re-
fume his proper likeneflV. This the obftinate of that party laboured by intrea-
ties and pretences to conceal (they will not fee, but they (hall fee, God
faith 1/41.26.) But I affure you , it is an abfolutc truth , and will be atcefted
by many witnefles. However, this accident pulled divers of them out of the
fnare. Since, we had another meeting where we debated the Qjeftion, Wfie-
ther a man gifted, without an outward call , might preach ; and if fo, in what
cafes? Where one Maddoil^ of this place appeared our onely Adverfarj-.
A 2 When
4 4 Catalogue- a^ pifcov&y ef
When all his Argurrieus had. been debated ( to determine it ) we were fain
to go Parliament- way to divide thehoufe, upon which (of Two hundred
and fifty well nigh) I think Two hundred voredour fide the Negative , and
the reft, ( fomuoi [hem ( as ftaggering) Hovering between both ) divers
of them, abon: thirty women i and three or four men orely appeared for
Mr. Maddock^: So that by thst divifion , we law how God had wrought
lor us fince a few weeks. For whereas before , above One hundred people
were his Profelytes , we hid abated them to the number beforenamed, and
had, I am eonfid.chr, lurcher effected the dcfign of unity , had not God vifi-
ted the place with a fad fcourge, that of the Peftilence ; which, feeing my Re
giment was providentially out of Town when it brake forth, I thoughc my
felf called to avoid, by going forth to my peculiar charge at wlmborn\ where
I ordinarily hive been thefe three week?. Sir, I cake it for a fpecial mercy to
that poor place , that both the Regiment were abfent, 'and I called forth to
them at this time , for by that "means I am in a capacity of begging and col
lecting fupplies for them, and they of conveying them thither. Sir, I am now
at Hampton co that intenc , and I fliall God- willing fee the Ifli of wjght,
and PortfmonthtQo. To that purpofe I befeech you, (as you defire to' help
a people, among whom I rim confident Gcd hath as plentiful an Harveft tp ga
ther, as in any part of the Weft, and a Garrifon of infinite confcquence,which
is like to be fpeedily ruined by the multitude of poor people in ir, (Two thou-
fand at leaft, ( whofe lively hood, Knitting formerly maintained them) who
muftnow live on a common ftock ) and likely to ruineall the country, by
thofe poor people breaking out for Provifion, which we have fo muchinfe-
ftion round abeut us in the Weft , that we cannot get it in the countrey fuf-
ficiently ) that you will imploy your utmoft endeavours both by your felf,
Jvjr. B. Mr. C. and the reft of the reverend Brethren to collect us a liberal
fupply , which upon the firft notice that it is ready, I will put you into a way
how to convey to me. I befeech you Sir (once more ) labour to fave fuch a
people, fuch a Garrifon from ruine if you love them, or
So#tkamptonr(y&<ib. Yours in the work
14. Thurfdaj. of Chnft, S. F.
This Letter VP& Written to A 'Reverend Minifter in the City of London, one of the
Members of the Afiembly of 'Divines.
WOrthj Sir, The confederation of thofe many obligations that lay ap-
onme, and that unwearied pains you take to cure (ifptffible) the
malady of a diftrafted Church , by difcovering and confuting the Errours of
«lje Rent-makers and Separanfts that arc crept in among us ; made me upon
fome
Erreurs of the Sectaries.
fomefertous thought; to draw up and fend you in thefe infuing lines , fome
new prodigious Opinions and Praclifes of fome of bee agitated and fomented.
Not long fmce , I had fome conference with one Mr. Web, a man that pre
tends a New light, whofaidto me ( upon fome conference we had of the
Divinity of Chrift) That he bkffcd God he never trufted in a crucified Chnft,
r.ordid he believe him to be the Son of God, nor the Scriptures Divine, bus:
Humane invention , and no: fr for a Rule of lire and converfadon for any to
walk by ; and in confirmation of this he faid , The Scriptures were that
golden Calf and brazen Serpent that fet at variance Kirg and Parliament, and
Kingdom againft Kingdom, and things would never be well, until the gol
den Calf and brazen-Serpent were beaten to pieces ; To which end he had a
Book to come out Shortly, lacked him }et further, of his Opinion concern
ing the Refumftion of the dead ; which nc affirmed, there was no more Re-
"Tuneftion of a Man (hen of a Beair,ncr had he any more Soul t'hen the Body •
yet he granted a Spirit in both wicked and godly , which he fayes goes again
tohim that gave it : No difference doth he acknowledge betwixt either, for
local tormen.t more then is upon earth •, he denies any local Hell, or De-
Vils , mote then min .are Devils in themfdyes : He yet further holds
Jt unlawful, for the ufe of rmn, to kill any of the creatures. And this is the fub-
ftar.ce of what he told me of his new Gofpel-light, For the matter of his con-
verfation towards mer, I cannot rax him ; for his judgement heretofore, he
was a great Ring-leader of the feduced Seel of Anabiptifts, and is now be
come ( as many more in that way ) an Atheift ; many follow him in City
and Country; he is a rigid Independent, and hopes all of that judgement,
though now dilTenting, yet will fuddenly be of his judgement , they wanting
but one ftep (as he cals it) of his New truth. He loves not the Scottilh Na
tion, but terms them the BabylonifhBeaft , and the Pre.'byterial Govern
ment the Priefts Monopoly. Suddenly upon my departure,! met with a friend
a Gentleman of quality , who in a very fad condition did exprtflchis fenfi-
bleneflcof our growing mifery by this (cab of Errourincreafmgdayly ; illite
rate perfons prefuming to Preach, one of which drew away a mans five
Diughters ; and in a fhort time Re-baptized them all , making choyce of
which he beft liked, and Married her without her Parents confent. Another
woman having a defire to be Re-baptized, and having pulled off all her cloaths
to the naked skin, ready to go into the Water, bur forbearing during the
time the Dipper prayed , (he covered her fecret parts with both her hand?,
the which the Dipper efpying , told the woman that it was an unfeemly fight
to fee her hold her hands downward, it being an Ordinance of lefus Chrift
her hands with her heart (hou!d be iifteq upward towards heaven(as hefhew'd
her how he did)but fhe rcfufing for tnodefties fake could not be Re-baptiz< -J.
Another
Catalogue And Lifcovery of
Another of thefe fellows , who counts himfeif inferior to none of the reft (of
his feduced Brethren) oae whofe name is Witt. Kiffin, fomcn'mes fervant to
a Brewer (whofe name is John Lilburn, who was lately put into Newgate, up
on occafion of fcandalizing the Speaker of the Honourable houfe of Commons
in Parliament) this mans man is now become a pretended Preacher , and to
that end hath by his incicing words , feduced and gathered a Schifmatical rab
ble of deluded children , fervants and people without either Parents or Ma
tters confent (this truth is not unknown by fome of a neer relation to me
whofe giddy-headed children and fervants, are his poor flavifh Profelytes.)
For a further manifeftation of him in a Pamphlet called, The Confejfion of
Faith of the feven ssfnabaptiftical Churches , there he is underwritten firft,
as Metropolitan of that Faternity. I could relate , if time would permit, of
fome what I have had to do with him, in which he appeared tome to be a
Mountebank: This man and fome others have had Difputes with Doctor
Featly, Mr. Se/imatt , and Mr. Sou/ton , Mr. Ca/amy, and Mr. *Portory and
divers others , that have put them to filence, as not able to fpeak to the point
they took in hand to maintain • yet they gave out to their Members they had
the better , and likewife reporting Mr. falamj darft not Difpute with them •
which report was mod falfe , like the reft of their Doctrine. For it is well
known my Lord Mayor gave order , that Mr. Calamy fhouid hold no Difpu-
tation with them , according to the time appointed , for fear of tumults,
which he might very well fear j and great Prudence it was in him to prevent
it, knowing what great preparations there was of moft Sects, efpecially
Anabaftifts> Kiffin himfeif being left out from the Difpution, and put to do
the drudgery, to fetch up members fcatteredtoo and fro in the Countreys
ncer the City , and others of them did the like good fervice (as Hopfon the
Taylor ) in their places. One thing more ( and is moft of all confiderable )
of Kiffins new found light, fo called, which I had from fome eye and ear
witness of his members , who were prefent at Kiffins and Patience vifitati-
onof one of their members, whofe name is Palmer living in Smitkfield, and
laying hands upon her, did alfo Anoint her with Oyle; the woman recover
ing came into their Conventicle houfe , and there before many people faid,
That Phyfitians left her as they found her, but Brother Kiffin *nd7>*ticnce
Anointing her, (he fuddenly recovered; for which in that place, (he de-
fired thanks might be put up ; which Kiffin did alfo relate, and did according
to the womans defire ( return thanks :) Many fuch Heathenifh and Atheifti-
eal paflages with bafeneffe I could relate of this man , and fome of his Mem
bers, and foine others ; but it would too much intrench upon modefty and
your patience. I will therefore contain my felf within that compa(fc as nr er
as I can .• An4 UAly, relate unto you the opinion of one of our difTenting,
Brethren
m4»y Ernursef the Sc flat.
Brethren, an Independent Miaifter, whofe name if y.'i dcfirc, you (hall
hereafcer know; ic was fame eight dayesfincel mecwicti him at a friends
houfe where he feemed to be very inquifmve of me , to know the reafon the
Presbyterial Government is nor fetled •. My Anfwer did not fatisfiehim, but
he did yet farther q acre, by what warrant the Parliament could tftablifh a
Presbyterial Government ? I told him, from the lawful call they had ; which
call, fayeshe, is from the people, and the people have power to call them to
an account for any illegal act , which he leerned to queftion many of theirs,
defiring it were new moulded ; many fuch Sophiftical txprtrfions he ufed, as
if his intention had been to beget a belief in me , that the people have power
to call the Parliament to an account •• But I blefic God, none of thefc brain-
tick conceits do draw me any whit away from my ftcdfaftneflc and due obedi
ence , to do or fuffer, for or by that ever to be Honoured High Court of Par
liament, whom God hath notonely in a miraculous manner preferved , but
alfobythem hitherto preferved the whole Kingdom ; My Prayers therefore
(hall be , that as God hath done fuch great and glorious things for and by
them, that they would dofomething for God and his people in feding Go
vernment, without which, many that groan after Reformation, will fud-
denly depart the Kingdom , and thofe net Chriftiam of the loweft rank : But
to prevent this , I (hall defire your Prayers to Almighty God , that he would
keep it forever in the hearts of thofe truly Noble and Right Honourable ones,
to remember their Covenant they made with God in the day of diftrefle. So
at prefent and alwayes I leave you to the Protection of the Almighty , be-
feeching him to grant you the glory of his grace in this life , and the grace of
hU glory in the life to come. I reft
The I o. of 'Decem. * fours to be com-
1645. mandcd,}.R..
Th* Letter KM Written to me bjtperfon Re/igiotu , and cordially ajfcftcd t*
the Parliament.
DEtrlj beloved in the Lord /</"«*, My deareft refpects and unexpreflable
love remembred to you, longing to fee your face in thefltfli, that we
might be comforted together in the difcovery of what the Lord hath made
known to us of that great myftery, (joetmtnifcft in the flefi : In which is
discovered His cverlafting love torhe Sons of men, which he hath been al
wayes difcovering in all Agaes, fince the beginning of the World to this day,
but darkly, vailedly, hiddenly as it were ; fo that all thofe feveral wayes of
Gods dealing with the Sons of men , have been dill fo many pledges of his
love, fo chat God hath not been difcovering divers things to the Sons of men
but
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but one thing at fcvenl times in divers manners. Tnerdore I oehold bur one
thing in all the Scriptures , under divers Administrations : So 1 underfhnd
the two Covenants to be but two Adminiftrations of one thing ; and chat
which renkes the Scriptures Law or Gofpel , is ourunderftancUngof them
in either of thofetwo considerations: SothatChnft Itfus came to witmffe
and declare this love of God to us , not to procure it for us : For if God hud
at any rime any chfplead^etou*, he had been changeable , feeing b.rore the
world begin ,! 'he f?w us lovely in his Son. Now I conceive Chrifts coming,
was more like a Cc^querour to dcftroy the enmity in our natu<e , and for «:o
convince us of the Love of God to us , by deftroyingin oar nature , chit we
thougnt flood between God and us , according to that of the Apcftle, Hcb.z.
For at rnttch *4 the Children Were partakers of flefb and blood ^ he lity'toife took
parr \ To what end ? To deftroj hint 'foho had the poVvcr of death :
'he 'Dwell Why f o ? To deliver them Vtko through fear of
'ifetime fitb}ett to bondage : So that we being in bondage,
Ver us , not to procure the Love of God to us , or fatis-
; was as I may fo fay, a moft glorious publisher of the
faith , He ft 4* (ent to Preach the Go/pet, to heal the bro-
deliverance to the Captives , to fet at liberty them that
J8,ip. All that which Chrift here fairhto be the end
a word mentioned of any thing done by him in way of
, loh. 1 8, 37. lefus faith to TiUte, To thu end Voas I
tfe came I into the \\orld, namely, to bearVtitHtffetothe
>w ignorant to this day is the world of the end of (Thrifts
:s them fo dirk in the underfta-n^ing what Chrift is:
fo to be God , as no: at all to be man : whereas I am of
cry man of the fime nature with us: for otherwife it
;errser,ttous, to go to the Father upon the fame ground
if he was of a more holier nature then us ; but in this
• us , thit he would take one of us in the fame condition,
it he is o us , and harh made us to be in him : That now
and behold the glory of God come forth , and brought
tu..b...-, 'ing of our Lord Jefus Chi id, who hath abolished death,
and broughc life and imrnor1 a!ity to light : Therefore he faith, I will declare
thy name to ni) brethren. O then Ictus behold Chrift Jefus in all that he is
to be the representation of God to us , in which fame glory , God hath and
ever will behold us j which the more we behold, we (hall fee ourfelves
changed into rhe famelmas-' from glory to glory. Me thinks the beholding
of Chrift to be holy in rhe fLfh, is a dishonour to God , in that we (hould
conceive hohucite out of God , which is to make another God. Again it
Would
Errwr* of the Sctfar/es.
Mldbeadilhonour toChrift, in that he wcuid be but flefoly : And again*
Tdifcomfortro the Saints, in that he (hould be of a more holier nature the*
rhev as being no ground for them to come r*ar with boldnefle ro uod : A-
sam it is to make the body of Cfcriftt Moofter, he head of on; nature,
The body of another. Now to conceive alltulntacot holme ffe in yod, and
that Chrift is and ever was. and the Saints in him , beheld holy, righteous,
and unblamable , as ihey are and ever were , beheld in the Spins m union
with God, having their being in him: andfo its fatd , the fulnefleot God
dwelt inChrift, and ye arccomplcat in him, oncGoJ and Father of all,
who is above all, through all, and in you all.
Tki* Letter Veas liven me by * Reverend Mwfter of the City , vr»o told
it KM A Letter /tnt out of the Weft from *bout B Jth, by a great Setlarj in
•». thofe parts.
Now to give the Reader feme Animadvcrfions upon this Letter, there be
ing in it rank poyfon mingled wick honey , damnable herefics under the ex
pteflion and pretences of making known Gods evcrlafting Love to the fons ot
men: My councel therefore to the Reader is, chacof Chrifts, BeVw* of
fa/fe 'Prophets , tohick come to you in flirt ft clocking, bnt inwardly they Are ra-
veniniVolvcs,Mx.7. M- Now feting afide the falutacion and entrance into
the Letter, which is full of plaufible infmuatioos, and is indeed thclhecpi
cloathing ; the body of the Letter , and the main fubfomcc of it is heretical
and very erroneous ; for befides many exprefll&ns that are unfound , danger
ous and deceitful , there are two main Errours vented ; i. That Chrifts com
ing in the fl:(h , was only to witnefle and declare the love of God to us , to
be amoft glorious publifher of the Gofpel, but no: to fitiificGod for us,
nor to takeaway his difpleafure , or procure his love to u*. i. ThatChrift
in his humane nature was not holier then other men, and the beholding of
Chriftholy inthefl.-rh was adifhonour toGod ; whichErrour, though thus
expre(Ted, I conceive to be all one with that Errour fpokenof inthcfiril
Letter, held by feme about Bath, namely ( he who wrote this Letter li
ving there; That Chrifts humane nature is defiled with Original fin as well
as ours. But for an Antidote againft thcfe two damnable herelies , takethefc
following Scripture?, 7^^.3.14, 15, 26. H^.p. 12,14.1 5. Rom.^9t\o. 2 Cor.
5.18,19,20,21. Soeph.i.2. iloh 2. 2. and 5. 10. £«£.!. 25. Hcbsj.i6>ij.
and 4. 1 5. i PrM.22. And becaufc I finde in fome printed Books ar,dfeveral
Manufcripts.thac the firft of thcfe two is ofcen fpoken of, namely, th^t Chrifo
coming was to declare the love of Gcd to us , but not to fatisfie for us , nor
to take away his dtTpleafure , or to procure hi* love and life for us : I frull
therefore fay little upon thic point , to undeceive fome , who happily out of
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ignorance, and For want of being able to diftinguifh things are puzzled.
There is a twofold Love, Amor benev olenti* , the Jove of Gods good will,
the love of Election : and there is Amor e omplacentix , the love of Gods be
ing well pleafed and delighting ; which dfftmction is founded in Scripture
in many places, as Epb.i 4 5 ,6,7. and /?0w. 11.6,7, 28. where we fi,nde per-
fons bdoved in Gods election , and yet enemies to God , and come to be
made accepted in and by Chrift , and in him to have redemp;ion. Now for
the former love , thatot Gods eternal election, Chtift is not the caufe , buc
this free love is the caufe of fending Chnft , a? in 3 Job.i6.v. and Efbej\\^
the St ripture fikh, According as he hath chafe* us in hint, not for him .• and fo
Chrifts coming, is the great declaration and manifeftauon of Gods love of
goodwill to us: bm for this fecond love, namely of complacency, delight
and acceptance, Chrifts coming is the caufe and ground of tha^ taking a way
the enmity, wrath, and making us accepted, as Ephef. i. 6. Made M aecepted
in the beloved, Eph-5- 2. Chrift ^ave himfelf for tu an offering , and a facrifice
to God, for a fie eetfwe [ling favour. So Co/. I. 21, 12. again , we may diftin-
gui(b and conceive a difference between the Perfon, the ftate and condition;
and aftions done by a perfon in fuch a ftate and condition ; now a perfon
may 6e beloved as concerning Elcction.and yet the ftace and condition of thac
perfon hateful,and h« a childe of wrath, an enemy,
Vide Davcn. on Col. i. 21. as jn many Scriptures, Ephff.i.j. 'tis faid of them
HolhswteMdicMturivnaffi. who were the Eleft of God , yctthfj Kfrebjna-
va quam PA/SIVA hrnificatione , i.}, /•„ / .. /, ' . ' ...
vocLli id eft Dcum oderunt *™ ******** of Vrath , M Veil „ others , till
utboftem; Veo exoji fucrumvi qmckned by converting grace; and fo Col.i.n.
boftes ejuf. Dicitur homo fub Rom. 5 p,io. Enemies, fo called both in an Active
HMurAfeccAti boflit 'Dei, qua- an(i paffiye fignification , that is , they hated God
&VW% Da wife &<*' as an enemy , and were hateful unto God as his
tfaea.JeuiupiiebtempeWTi,. c /*. r^ jun. •
ff, irtVd nwa (upcreum, Enemw. Again, a perfon, and the ftate and con-
2 loh.j. duionor that perfon in which he is, may be be
loved, ( namely that of regeneration ) and yet the
aftionsdone by fuch a perfon in fuch a ftate maybe hateful, as now the fins
of the regenerate God hates, and is difpleafed with them, 2 Saw. u. 27.
'But the thing that David had done dij pleafed the Lord. So that ip a \vora,
Chough according to Election a perfon may be beloved , yet their ftate and
condition wherein they are, may not be beloved; and, God hath revealed
his will to us in thefe following Scriptures, ( »s in fome before named,) Joh. 3.
36., .Tit.i 3. that the ftate and condition of perfons cut of Chrift , is to be un
der the wrath of God , yea, it fpeaks of the petfons themfelves, as confider-
ed in fuch a ftate and condition , that they are children of wrath , enemies,
hateful , that is to God , as divers interpreters expound it ; and Rom. i. 30.
' haters
mtnj Errottrs of the Sectaries.
haters of God ; the word in the Greek is 3wsv}*k, .
which doth fignifie fomedmcs Paffively haietul to : A*"n*> in
God , as well as A&ively haters of God. Euripides in Trotd. E*twi
Helena 'Deo invifa , fo that the meaning is, backbiters are truly hateful to
God. And whereas 'tis objected, men thought God was angry with them,
and enemies to them , they fuppofed fo ; hence fuch Sciiprure phrafes : Buc
the truth is , 'tis man who is an Enemy to God , and fo Chrift came ro recon
cile man to God, and rot God to mm , who was never angry, tsfnf. Many
Scripture phrafes brought upon this occafion , are not fpokcn becaufe of mcns
apprehenfions , they fuppofing themfo; neither can they be underftoodof
man to God, but of Godsdifpleafuretoman: That time the Apoftlefpeaks
of the cleft Ephcfi*ns, Wherein they Veere children of Vcrath , as Wv# as others,
they knew it not , nor did not fuppofe fo , as being heathen, and in their yure
naturals, and could not underftand fo much, £/?£.4.i8.and yet the Scrrprure
terms them children of wrath, Enemies,^, as being really and truly fo ; and
Wrath,in £pfc.2.and I^.g.36.and in other Scripture»,cannot be underftood of
mans wrath and difpleafure againft God, but of Gods wrath and difplea-
fnre againft man , info much as the Scripture calls itexprefly TheVtrathof
God, zndfavfd from rVr*th\ which cannot be mans own wrath, but Gods
wrath: And that name given to Chrift, i TVw.J.J. One Mediator between
God and men, fully fliews ir, not a Mediator onely with men , to reconcile
men to God, to bring men to be friends with God , but between God and
men to bring God to be reconciled ; and indeed this is the chief tofave men
from Gods wrath, and to procure Gods love and favour te men ; for what
could mans enmity and wrath againft God do ? Buc Gods wrath and enmity
agiinftman was that midehimfomiferable. 3. And whereas 'tis laid in this
Letter, He was a moft glorius publiiher of the Gofpel , Re wssfent to preach
theGofpel, and Chrift faith, Infill declare thy name to mj Brethren: So that
in all that which Chrift faith to be the end of his coming , not a word mentio
ned of any thing done in way in of fatisfying God. Anf. Suppofe nothing to
be faidin thofc places of Chnfts doing by way of fatisfying : ( which yet I de
ny, and in both thofc Scriptures there's enough implied of thar, as I might
fhew at large in thofe phrafes, Preaching the acceptable year of the Lo»d , de-
liverance to the captives, &c. J But granting it to be fo , yet many other Scrip
tures fully fet forth Chrifts dying for us ; fome Scriptures fpeak moft of
Chrift? Prophetical office , others of his Prieftly , and others of his Kingly :
Now the Prophetical office of Chrift, of declaring snd publifiiipg, was but
one part of his mediatoifhip ; Chtift was a Prieft aifo tofa:i?fie ar.d make
atonemt n: -, he is called a furety, Heb. 7. 22. \vhich agrees to him as a f)t?s-
fier and undertaker, not as a declarer or publifher properly : yes, the dec Ji-
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jauon and publication of what Chrift does as a Prieft, and a King, as a Roy
al Prieft for his Church, is the great fubject matter of Chrifts Prophetical
office ; and therefore the Scripture in fuch place; where it (peaks of Chrift
as a Prophet , and declaring the will of God , doth not in the leaft fort deny
whar he harh done as a Prieft. Chrift as a King and Prieft hath cffrded and
wrought cut powerfully, that reconciliation, Salvation, and Eternal life,
the way , manner , and particulars whereof he reveals as a Propher.
An Extra ft of certain Letters Written to me and (bine other Minifters , from
fome RcvsrcnA and godlj Miniftert , Within the fpacc of thU \ 8 Moneths
lap p*jl.
Worthy Sir,l srccdvrd yours the hft week, I fliould * hen have wric
you word , how we have the Papers for the Congregational Eldcr-
fhip fcnt to us , but not regarded by the people , fo much as an ordinary Pam
phlet : We are like to have it well fetlcd , that when there was a meeting of
the Countrey at Ch. to chufe the trying Elders, Mr. E. took this Texr,
They chofe «<?YV gods, find there VPM War in their gates : JB fuch a munner as
all the people conceived it of thefc new Elders. But if to all this a Toleration
be granted ) this will be a mad Government indeed. Our Independents need
have none granted, fince they have taken it before hand.
SIR , I think it fit to give you an account of things : The laft Saturday the
letyifo Sabbath was kept again , with windows fhut : I am informed this
day , that they have begun it in other parts of the Town ; fome of the Magi-
ft,rates do fide one way, others the other way; they threaten the May or to
his face , told him they would keep the JeVcifo S*bb#th , and hoped before
long to fctit here as at Amfterdam. But we are gone beyond Amfttrdatn,
and are in our high way to Munfler. The people are impatient to fee things as
they are , God grant rhey do nothing that is inconvenient. I heard Mr. E.
the laft Sabbath- dzy , who undertook to confute
TbisMi-.E. isanlndepen- you . i have fcarce patience to tell you how weak
ly , how contradictorily , even in the judgement of
the vulgar. He ftill compared us wi.h the Moabitet, Ammonite^ Samaritans,
fometimes den;ed Separation 5 fometimes jaftified a Separation, by curs
frpm Rnms , by the Lutherans and fafoiniftf9 and faid thefe words or to this
effect: That the Church of Scotland, feparated from the Church of gngland
under Epifcopacy , not receiving the Sacraments , except it be of hte : And
thauhc Scotch Commitfioncrs when they came to Engltxd, hadaCongre-
Errwrs of the StttAnts.
gationof their own , although the Parith Church
people they hid the judgement of the Church up
on their way, fa) French, (b) Scottijhy (c) Hol
land, T^f^o England, and they had rhe judgement
of the AfTembly , that i«,thcy faw which way they
would go, and had never declared againft their
way of Independency 3rd gathering ot Churches.
Hefaid, though others wt re fohot, yet thofe of
of the Afllmbly who had heard their Reafons
were moderate , and named Mr. M, Mr. H. Mr.
C. and faid Mr. S. gave the.n an Honourable teP.i-
mony: I have the notes by me , r<nil Mr. M. a
Miniiterof London heard bias. Remember me to
Mr. L. Mr, P. acquaint ourl:riends of cur fad
condition: My heart is heavy, my body weak,
my imployment great, the M»giftra:es divided,
my Brethren tender and delicrc, lorhto ingsge,
mifchicf growing on apa>.e: what fhalll do but
beg your Counfels and Pravcrs >
Tour feKoVe labourer
lulj 20, 1 6*4$ . in I hf G off el of
lefusChrift.
was hard by. He told the
(4) WitriciVe the Acts of their
National iynod of the Refor
med Chuiciits of France af-
funbled at C''.u/ur9ji;.', Decem
ber : 6- 1644. Brand ng tin
Independents foraScd, anH
lint way ns a poyfcn. (b] And
ns for theSco'tifn ChuiclusJ
all the woild knows their
judgement upon ch-.-ir way;
bcddc's that tli: frame of their
Church Government is a-
2-inift it, they hive ir» their
gvneral Afll-mblics cf hrc
years declared their fefifc a-
jiainit it. (c) Wuncflc their
Books of Difciplmc and Let
ters from Churches rf the u-
nited ProvincvS to the Afltm-
l)ly, ag.imft tta w.iy of Inde
pendency.
WOrthy J/r, I bcfeech you that I may rave forre word of direction
from you • we have a few Independents in our Town , but we arc
more troubled wi'h them, then fome ire with rruny , thty are fo turbulent
and violent. The Lord haih placed thrceof us>/iritters in/), we all agree,
and are all of us oy them fo debafed , reproached , undervalued, and vilfied,
as if we were not fit to have the woift piiceof k'tiesSons in tlie Sar.cluary :
But they alfo reproach theGovernment that they thin!, will be cftublifhed,
calling the Presbytery , Drviliflj, Antichriftijn. Tyrannic 1, a-.d many orher
rayling terms. Mr. P. mul\ bear the name of Knave, and his Book is Devi-
lilli as they fiy. When a c'lkf one arnongft them heard of Ldoeftcrs taking,
he wiihed rhat the Parliament n.ighr profpsr no betrer , fo long ss they took
fuchcoDrfesrl hey then took agaii.ft the Independents: His name that fpakc
thefe words , was Mr. M. a man i-npio) ed in pcrfeclirg the cnflomes by rhe
Srate, but hefpendshis time and (ludy fo mnch for the way of Congregatio
nal Churches, that he doth not a-tend his phceof truft as he ought rode.
er,
and
But the mam occallon of thefe things, is H. hi? tVc<j'icrit repairing huh
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and private Preaching j whofe Preaching hath not tended to Purity or Peace,
that ever I heard of. .
GOod Mr. EdftArds, I am informed fince my return home, that our Secta
ries are muchftirred with the Vote patted in Parliament , againft Lay.
mens medling with the office of Preaching , in fo much as they pray for the
profperity of the King, from whom they exped Toleration in their new
Church- way. Some of them are fobold openly to fay, that the Presbyteri-
al Preachers will prove themfelves crafty Knaves. Certainly they have great
incouragement f rom fome , elfctheydurft not be fobold. We have caufe to
mourn as much for Schifm , as for the Sword. The God of mercy look mer
cifully upon his poor Church.
. 1
( a. ) Letters written out o{ /^Ood Mr. Edftards, Thofe (a) Letters which
VJ
and Holland , con- VJcame to my hands , I left at your houfe when
cerning the differences in the j camc outof Lonc[on 9 receiving them even as I
S5£ "» g°in8 »« «f Town- I am confident you will
have no publike ute or them, tor they will not
dare to give a pundual Anfwer to your Antapology.
Our Independents in the countrey are bold and pragmatical ; I do in this cor
ner make what oppofidon I can, and amrefolved fo to continue, what hard
meafure foever I meet withal. Our countrey Independents begin to brag of
their ftrengdh in City, Countrey, and Parliament: I do hope without eaufe.
I have tryed L. M. lately , and finde him cordial in the way of Ptesbyterial
Government .- I am confident its Chrifts way, and therefore will finde ftrong
oppoficion from the lefuitical policies and plots of fuch as from among .'our
fclvesarerifen, fpeaking perverfe things to draw Difciples after them. But
whatsoever Mr. fohv of Colcmanftreet fayes, they will be found the Fighters
inft God, and therefore I hope will not long profper.
four loving Brother
1 6*44. in the Lords
'ffd Sir, Though my acquaintance with you Qiould go before my ex-
\<! any favour from yon : vet fince I am well acquainted with your
Errwrs of the Sett tries. 1 5
, in which I fee your conference , and am confident that there will
never be made any rational Reply : I therefore prefumeyou will be pleafcd
to pity roe who have ftiftcred much by H. of London. All that I would befeech
from you, is, That I may underftand whether there be any courfe to be taken
againft turbulent men , who are violent againft the Presbytery; if there be
none, Heir that in a (hort time Religion will fiffcr extremely ; if you know
any, I befceth you toadvife me therein; we are fo miferably vexed with
wndvifed Independents, that unltlTe we tuve tome helps againft them, or
fome hopes tobeeaftdin time of them, our difcontents will make onr lives
bitter ro us : 1 know that your ftiare of wrongs from them hath been more
then ours , and I think more then any mans in £n^land't therefore I entreat
your advice.
Sttemb- 1 8.
WOrthy Sir, For the bufincfle you writ of, Ihavefentit you in this
inclofed : We are glad that the Mountains have brought forth a
Moufe, that the mighry (a) Model is proved a
M.gmficem nothing, as I arc i informed. 1 thank £ T™iT "™ £
you and others tor our Vindication; tor their brought into the Aflembly.
threatnings I care nor much, my confidence clears
me in all things. God hath been wonderfully good to us in this lad bufinefTe,
for if the other had prevailed, we had been utterly undone. My re fp efts to
all our Friend^ , to Mr. L. and all our Brethren and Companions in the pati
ence of thefe times. I reft
, ' Tour moft hfArty friend, and
'Brother in Jefus Chrift.
REvercndSir, I received your Letter: The laft Sabbath Mr. E. confuted
you again , where I have thefe things he then delivered under the hands
ot many witr.eflcs. i. He faid they held Appeals j witndTe Mr. ffW/cafe,
which he wondred you forgot; and faid there was not the like inftance oi
any Church in the world. ?. He faid that Popery would come in under Pres
bytery, as well as Independency , without the Magiftraf.es : And faid, whan
Epifcopacy was at the higheft, Popery was at the loweft, becaufe they had
the countenance of the Civil Mtgillrate. 3. He denied the Magiftrate had
declared againil their way; and where there was no Law, there was no
Tranfgreflion ; and that no man was to be blamed for doing his duty. 4. He
brought in the Covenant of tsfbrakan and Afa 2 Chron. 15. E^k 16- to
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prove his Church- Covenant, and no Scriptures elfe, j. That if they were
ufed fo uncivilly , wc;fhouid fee they would (harpen boch their tongues and
their pens , what ever you expect from a coercive power to fuppn ffc u*. The
trurh is, the whole Sermon was fo full oi fuch ftuffc, as I was weary of both
writing and hearing fuch things from any Scholler. He hath now er.d d his
confutation. He wondred that you that read fo many Books, ihould fay they
had not Declared what they would have, fince they had put out many Book«,
The A->f'wto the Thirty ttoo j^uejlions ; Mr. fittons feveral Books, and
their fccdel was cowing our. Since the Preaching of Mr. F. Sermon, (Itfuit
like) they defire a peace, would have us propound twoMinifters, ami they
would propound two ; but the Friends that came to fee you, gave Mi ;. £. the
iriclofcd <g5<e>w, and faid they knew I would treat with them, if they
would Anfwer thefe £tt&rits under their hands, but they refufed to do u.
tfyttriesfttt to fame Independent of C. ttpon an occafion of ji Sermon Preached,
by Afr.V. an Independent Apothecary Phyfitian , (ometinits. Servant t» 'Dr.
CJ. of London.
I. \ 7 \ 7 Pf ether thofe that had erettcd a ncVe form of Church-Government
V V he fore ever the SynoAVcas Affcmbled, or the Controyer fie debate^
kavt broken the peace.
2. Whether thofe that have fet up their ne^o Churches againft the Vcill and
minde of the T ar Hutment y in their fir ft and fawcw Ttemonftrance, Page 30,
that Veiilnot fafftr every Congregation to erect what Formof Government
they pleafe, have broken the peace.
3. Whether the Reverend Members of the Sjnod, Presbyterians^ and Inde
pendents , that Declared again ft gathering of Churches till the Kingdom be
better fetled, do not imply that thofe Who have gathered Churches, have broken
the pea.(f.
4 Whether thofe that by gathering of Members out of divers Congregations
to ercl't up one Church, have fet the Magiftrates , the Miniftcrs and people, and,
themselves at bitter variance, have not broken thfpsaff.
5. whether the Reverend Affembly , 'Where there are fo many holj anh mo
derate men M hath been faid , fo many of your oWn \ttdgement atfat be not the fit-
teft to )ttdge V?ht) have broken the peace.
REvertnd Si*, since my laft , I went on Wednefday to hear Mr. £to
makt- >">oo his challenge •, but when I came, he Preached not ; but one
out of A\& England, one Mr. F. a ftf anger in this Town came to confute
many Err ours of the Setftries. 1 7
you in point of Story. He left to us to judge whether Presbytery wis not an
unjuft Domination ; bur for your faying they admitted not of Appeal, he ut
terly denied k beiotc the people, and told us many (lories of their Synods
by wtyof counfek Heciced Mr. 7^. for a Sermon he Preached, how near
the Independents and Presbyterians were come : He c'ted him again, that he
(houldfay, andMr.ff. that the Affembly had granted to every Congrega
tion an en:ire power within it fe!f. They carry things before the people, as if
they had no A^verfjries, but fome fewraQi men. Burin the conclusion, he
exhorted to peace, and (aid, they defire peace, they muft hive peace, and they
will have peace ; yet Prophecyingof a fecond Civil War, and that there was
death in oar pot. I defire you to communicate to thefe Divines , how we and
they are abufed ; thefe things are unfuflferable. ^Durnmini opHt eft ptticnti*
in tanta rerum diffelHtione. Dear Sir, The Almighty God uphold our Spirits in
thcf: broken times.
DE*r Friendy I writ yon in my Lft of a new Lecture , it is to be kept by
Mr. F. an Apothecary Phyfitian of 2V^£* SngUnd , who is not in Orders,
nor ever Preached, as he confeiTeth, but on Shipboard as he came over.
Ytftcrnight Mr. E. and Mr. F. ddired to fpcak with me , and Mr. E. broke
the bufintlfe to me, how nectfliry it was they fhould Preach controverfies no
more ; that they defired nothing but peice, and the glory of God in thi?.
To which 1 anfwered, That Mr. w. and himfclf had behaved themfelves moft
polirickly , craftily, with fair pretences, until they got pofTflionof our
Churches, and then played their pranks; and told them how and in what
they and all their parry had deluded us with fair word'. We will not be
fooled any longer: I fee we are meerly bought and fold with Equivocations
and Difiimulations of this party : You know their Spirits : God give me
patience.
14. 1645-
A Relation of fome Stories and (ttndry remarkable Taffagcs concerning the Stfit
and Sectaries.
IHavc received from the hands of two godty Minifters in the City of Lon
don , well acquainted with Mr. Wtrrcn a Minifter in Buckinghamfhire,
( fpoke of in this following Relation) and from fonae other later intelligence,
thefe particulars concerning one hkn Hick.
Ce fCbn
A Catalogue and Dtfcowy sf
9o&» Hich of H.tttriJge in (he County of 'Buc kivgbam , who lived in the
P/rfonage-houfe lately, holds many ' ftrange and dtfperate Opinions,
Avhich J forbear to reckon up here , having named them before among the
crher Errors.) This Hich was heretofore a Souldier, but fetling at H**ridget
finding the people thereabouts for his turn, became a preacnerco many:"
with his dangerous Tenents and uncivil carriage he h?.ih infcded the faid
H.t*riw and places acjicenr, and labours at Markets, Fairs, and private
Bidetinls't which he hath almoft every Lords-day ) to poyfon and infeft the
wb^K Country, and hath difturbed the pe^ceaUo. UHon the Lords day the
I 3 of this inftint (>)fuh, the faid Hich wuh di-
(A). In the laftluly was this yers i7JOfe ^ ^ FaAion, at morning Hxcrcife
l«rt or ti.cR.Uuon given m= ^^ ^ ^^-^ Church, and af:er *M» ^-
;in°' ren Minifter at tfftttridge hid ended his morning
Sermon onely, and was ending upon his latter P.ayer, the fiid Hich whh 3.
louUvoycein the Congregation fud, That the fiid ioha W*rren had pre«h-
the
bn:
ouvoy ,
ed contradidions , and fuch things as he could no: prove; and when
fjjd Job* Warren defired him to be filent, he would not hold his peace ,
faid he hid as much to do there as Mr. Wtrren, he was as pubitke a perfoa
ashimfeH, as good aMinfter as himfelf , and made fuch a ftirio the Con,-.
gr/ gation \ that there was a great noife and tumult, in fo much .that Mr. WA*~
ren was inforced to depart; and as he went from Hich in the Church-yard
he." puh'd him by the coat. The faid Hich with his adherents ftjed in t! e
Church- yard and near thereunto well nigh two hours aft^r this , lo chit Mr.
W#rre* dutft not come to Evening Exercife, buc went to fbefitm a Market
town and preached there.
The laft Lords d.»y rhe 20 of /«/-, the adherents of Hiok came into the fatd
Chur h yard , and imde a noyfe (imong^ whom there was Nichols HM,
one of theDfciplesof the faid Hich) wh<Ie Mr. fF^^rw wi^ Ex ounding a
Chapter, in fo much that he w is in:orced no dcflft and fpr-tk ; and when one
of.theToJvnfnen wen- for co quiet them, he was bu j ei'd at: Ihefitd
Hich is of fu.h at jeering infuKing difpofk.on , that he is not to be rolen ted.
U -on a complain., and Articles of his Tenets
This part of the ReU-ion -V(.n in jnft |Mm to the Honourable Commit-
wu given me m v rjefor Exim'nations , thisman was feat for uphy
a Mt (Tender, who (ook him in his Conventicle,
Exercifing and Preaching (^ I tm i.-f >rmed) and when he fho tld have been
heard before that Committee (whin -vas in 'he latter e-ndot Sfpt. laft) He
gotaway outoi the hands of chc NV'T'-n^r , even ihat diy when witntfles
and proofs were all here ind ready. And fr.ce chit ri;-ne of hisefcapmg, he
iseone into Bttck^n^mjhirc again , and there vents and maintains 'h-fatd
Opinions
muty Errwrs of the Sc ft tries . 1 p
Opinions and more too, in Town% places and Churches about that Country •
I am cercainly informed , from Eir and Eye-witnefles of perfons both godly
and undcflunaing, that in Dtamber laft, about a fortnight or three weeks
ago , he maintained in a publike conference , many ftrange and blafpht mous
Opinion--, the particulars whereof, with the Names of perfons ana places
. (i hough 1 have them all in writing, atteftcd unto by Subfcription) Ifliallfbr
prcfent conceal. Yea, I am at this prefent more fully informed from a godly
Mioifterin ihofe pans, that this Hich keeps a weekly Difputation in the
Churches of Chejkam and Amcrfut* , where he vents and pleads for his wic-
ktd nnd blafphemous opinions , and is a great means of poyfoning many in
that Ccuntrey.
T Here is one Laurence Clarion who lived about Suffdk^ and 2V^r/*/^,
that Preached and Dipped in thofe parts ; this man according to his
own Relation in print on the 6 of T^ovemh. 1644
was buried under the water, and from that day to ?ll&rmuSco
the 24 of Jnutrj, d.d labour in feafon , and out of feafon, revealing it to be
a ducy for Believers , and none but them ; in which time he did D p Eleven
perfons , bang both men and women : But there were Warrants out for him
both in £«£•/£. tod Norftlt, and he was at length apprehended , and Ira-
pnfoned by a Committee of Suffolk^ fitting at Berry : Now lying in Prifon
there fomemoneths, and feeing he could not get our by all the friends he
could There make (that Committee being refolved of their way ) he trved
his Friends and party above, and they wrought fo for him here (I know not
how they represented things J rhat from a Committee , or the Chair-man of
a Committee fome Order or Lrcter, orfomething, was fent down for his
releafe; but the Committee refufed to releafe him , and wnc up word they
could nor, nor might not upon that difchar^e him, and C^rlu >n 1 ,v bv it ftill .
who, when he ftw his Friends above could do him no good, buthemuftlie
in Pnfor, , he then Petitioned the Committee of Berry , and made a Recan
tation ; a true Copy of both which I here give the Reader.
He humble Petition of Laurence flarkson humbly flieweth j That Khtrc-
A M your Petitioner h<*th been above fix Monnh in Bonds for Dippi™ • in
*bich time be bath t«k'» put pains, both by <Difl,Me and feared* the Scrip.
tares, tnVbichhi dothfir.de, and* convinced, That he ouoht not to <Dip L
more, ntitber after th* day of hu Convincement , btin* the lOof Tulv MM
JOHY Petmoner either Dip , or teach for the fame . h»t fnelj * ait »L God for
* father mtnifeftviri of hu truth : Secxfetling jour War flips AnfoZ Lll
Laurence Clarkfon.
C«2 fliir
a o A Catalogue and l}<j£overy e{
Hw Speech at the Committee , M it if entred in the Committee- Bool^, July
'T""<His day Laurence Clarkson, formerly committed for an Anabaptift, and
JL for Dipping , doth now before this Committee difclaim his Errors .•
And whereas formerly he (aid he durft not leave his Dipping if he might gain
all the Committees Eftatesbyk; Now he faich, That he by the holy Scrip-
tures is convinced that his (aid opinions were Erroneous $ and that he will
not, nor dare not praftife it again, if he might gain all the Committees
Eftatesby doing it j And that he nuketh his Recantation, not for fear, or to
gain his liberty , but nieerly out of a fenfe of his Errors, wherein he will en
deavour to Reform a:hers. And thereupon he is difcharged of his Imprifon-
menr.
Laurence Clarfysor*
This Laurence Cla^on being thus diftharged of his Imprifonment , tur
ned from Anabaptift and Dipper , to be a Seeker , and to deny the Scriptures
tobe theruleof aChriftian, or that in Do&rine or Pradife , half of Gods
glory was revealed as yet ; and hath put cut a Pamphlet about fix weeks ago,
called The Tilgrimage of Saints, bj Church cafl out , in Chrift found, feeling
Truth : where he endeavours to free himfelf from thofe reports divulged in
the Anabaptifts Affembly , concerning his laying down the Ordinance of
Dipping, and teaching for Baptizing of Infants: (hewing he layed it down
fora Trnth,andnot anErrour ^ onelj Erroncouflj Praftifed : And ix exchange
thereof, have 'not , nor cannot prmttifi the Sprint-
Pilgrimage of Saints, or <p . of ln^ ^ ^, <p*rcnn foever,
Now let but the Reader look upon his Recantation , and fee what is there
cxpreffcd ; how he doth difclaim his Errors, and that he is convinced by the
holy Scripture, that his former opinions ( which were namely of not Bap
tizing Infants, but grown men, and for which onely committed) Were Erro
neous , and that he. made hu ^Recantation weerly out of a fenfe of kit grrours>
therein he VeiU endeavour, to Reform others; and it will be found plainly he
Jaid down Dipping for an Errour, (not onely Erroneoully pra&ifed ) and
did not acknowledge it a truth, and whatever refervations he might have to
himfclf in his Petition and Recantation of denying Dipping.becaufe there was
no true Church, nor Miniftery to ufe it in j yet his words and the whole
frame of his Recantation are expre(Ted againft it absolutely j and the btft that
fanbemade.ofit,j i$j that itw^sa lefiiitical Equivocation , and deep DifTi-
Err ours of the Seftaries. ^ i
THere is one Tkom<u Wtb in and about London, a yongman between twen
ty and twenty one years of Age, mentioned in the third Letter, who
tbout Scftemb. 27. 1644. in a houfe in Qjecn ftreet in Covent-Gardcn, cxer-
cifing upon that Scripture, lam Alpha and Omega > the Beginning and the
£nci , the Firft and the L&f , delivered many wicked and blafphemous opi
nions and fpecches , the moft of which are put in among the reft of the Er
rors before named, and fo I wil! not trouble the Reader with them in this
place. This Web was complained of to the Aflf.-mbly, the Affembly fenr up the
Articles to the Houfe of Lords ; he was by that Honourable Houfe commit
ted , andftood fo fome rime : Bu: upon a Recantation of all thofe Errors,
both by word of mouth , ar.ii with his hand fubfcribing to a form cf Recan
tation drawn up , he was heed from Imprisonment : But fince the time of
his rdeafe , he hath both in city and countrey vented many of h:s flrange
opinions, and hath preached \nLondon publikely in a Church fomewhere
near Black- friers ; and laft Summer was about in Snffjl^ Efffx, and of late
in Kent. In Ittly laft he was at Colcheftcr; and lulj 16. 1 was informed that
he lay atone Sparrows houfe , and Exercifed the Lords day before in that
houfe, Preaching feveral Antinomian Doctrines • and faid , Lfhould here
(peak to you of other Points, but that VVorves creep in among the Fold.-
As alfo he preached there on a week day , wherein he exprefled hirnfelf
againft all Baptifm by Wacer ; as alfo, for him to fay he was equi! to Chrift
was no robbery, (as a great Sectary an Ear-witncfle related it ) who faid
he liked it not; but being fpoken to that he ought to complain of it ; he An-
fwered, That to trouble any man for his confcience , waste doworfeihen
he who fpakefo. This »t£alfo fpeaking with a judicious godly Chriftian
ot Co/cbtjbr, faid, We might not ufe thefeexpreiTions, Cod the Father, God
the Son, God the Holy (jhoft, for that was to make three Gods ; to which was
Replied, Do youfpeak this as your judgement, or ondy for Argnments
fake ? to which Web gave no Anfwer. This Web was alfo in Suffolk , and
there Exercifed , and would have Preached in a publike Church, had not the
Miniftcrof the place hindred him. He hath alfo been in Kent, and among o-
ther places at the Town of Milton: he came thitherto teach School , but
Preaching there for the Minifter, in the fecondor third Sermon he venred
ftrange Doctrine? , fo that a hundred and fifty of the Parifh would hear him
no more , but went to fome other Church. He was called before fome of the
Committee , or Deputy Lieutena-nts, who upon hearing the complaints would
not differ him to ftiy there, fo thu he is come to London again. This wd>
before many witnefles maintained, That it was more lawful to jfi: drinking
in-an Ale houfe, then to force men away out of the Ale-hcufc,togo to Church
2 2 O'f Catalogue And Difcoven of
againfl their confidences. In Sept. !aft, Web came to a Mimfter ofr (nx' AfTm-
bly , nimbly oneot them before whom he had renounced his Errors , and
trunked him tor bemg a means to draw him off thofe Errors , and bkfled
God for his mercies to him, for he was in the ready way toAtheifm, and
many of his companions in ehofe opinions were turned Arheifts * and yet this
man after his Recantation, hath in Suffolk. , Ejftx and Kt nt , carried nunidf
foas is now related.
And further, a Citizen toid me ac the end of 2^ov. laft, this weh fa id to him,
That the Scriptures the golden Calf was going down apace; that ail Inde
pendents would fuddenly turn Anabaptifts, and then afterwards would come
to his way. And hefpakeof the Scriptures, that they were a humane Tra
dition , and the Prieits Monopoly , and thry kept them up that they might
live upon them ; wich other words to that effect.
In September lift I was told from fome honeft men who had been lately in
Kent , that on the Monethly Faft day in Inly laft , there were fome men and
fome women to the number of nine Dipped in a River near AJbford' one of
this company was Dipped three times , becaufe being afraid of the water, all
the body was not under the water, but he was aitnoft drowned andftrangled
by the water. Andjthe laft Summer an old man being Dipped about AfiforA,
as foon as he came above the water, fworc, Gods- foot you had almou strangled
me ; of both thefe there were many Ear and Eye- witneiTes.
THere is one Mr. Henry T)enne a great Sectary, who lives at Elfly in Cam-
bridgefhire ; in the Bilhops times he was a great Time-ferver, an High-
Altar man, and pndifed the Innovations ^but now of lateyears an Anabap-
tift: This man is a great Antinomian, adcfperate Arminian , befides feveral
other opinions that he hold?. He was Re-bap.tifed by a Mechanick, and made
a Member of Lams Church which meets in Bell- Alley in Colemanftreer. He
hath fpoken of great gifts and abilities given him upon his Baprifm , and of
great Revelations he hath found fince , and all to draw others into his way.
This Mr. Dow* was fent forth by Lams Church into Bedfordfhire , Cam-
bridgefhire , and thofe parts , to Preach nniverfjil Grace, and to Re-bap-
tife; and according to his CommiiTion he did much mifchief in thofe parts,
for which he was committed by the Committee of Ca.mbrid.ge ; but by the
means of one Mr. Disborottvk a Scqueftrator, making Friends to a great man,
the bulintflfc was put over to a Committee of Pmrhament ; and being by them
committed to Peter- houfe, after a while he was difrmffed , and went down to
JE//2;, where hePreacheth openly in the Parith Church , having the power
of that Church , and the means belonging to it. This Denne Preacheth much
agaiijft
many Errfurs of the Sectaries. 2 3
agai ill riches, whereby he draws theptople af.cr him : Hehath put down
ail Tinging ot Pfaims in h.& Chu'ch. He Pieaches and Prays, and after he hath
done, heci!l< ro knowil any be not Curtkd ; andihen they irand up that
will, «nd object, and then he A'ntW^fj. _ Oxuert of rhe Brethren that will
meer Metrumcks, one,,iv*o, or more ibmcrimes , doExercifc af.cr him!
About tlu time die Ordm ;nc.: came forth agamlt the P reaching of Lay. men'
riu.re was one Ex^rcifed in theChunhot F..JI' ( he was fuppofedto be a
Soulc'ierof che Army jbagiuift hd-O dmarcc fotbtdding trre Preaching of
peiloiis norord«in-d; (h wing how unlawful ir WM 'ordhain. men and
ough; nor ro be cbe>'ed. There is alto one 7W; or Z>,««^ who co.ncs fome-
tim£<to£/yZy and Ptetche* there, a,-d about thir toantrcy , v^ho tells them
of RofeUnons andM.r.clcs, andiiih Keveiacions are ordinary wi:h him
This' Mr. Dcntif hith fome kuuie of ft:Ainsin his Preaching, which aflRci
jtndtakethe peupkmuchi asfor uiUnct , he will fjy thus, QLordCfcrift
it ihiiuwert now upon canh, and di'dlt reveal the Gofpcl to men they
would oil thee Anabapntt., Autinomtan, Indrpcndenr , who now calls us
(jr. He would have Preaci ed abou; Spring laft on a L ftu-c day at Sr Ives
bu<rhcCom.nr.reeg veorder agaioibc ; and being nociuftrcd, hewentto
a, Church- yard nor raroft thjt place, and under an Ewe-tree he Preached
many following him , and, i"h ook off ihc duft of his feet againft 5r. /Vft r>to'
nouncing many fearful woes agan-tt them tor not receiving the Gofpel' Mr"
Ditfarutgo laifhof him, he is rhe abitft man in Enohnd forVrayer* Ex'
pounding and Preening. Tf.i ; 7>«w comes fometimes to L***** where
in Lams Church HI Bell- Alley he Ex.rc.fes; he was there latch, ?aud the
u-ual Theme that he is upon, is ChnRs dying for all, for /W^ as well as
T>eter. \ e ofcen Prca.hes this Doctrine ( as ihofe who have heard him do
reporv) Fnis is the everUft.ng Goljpel , ro bdieve ,ha- lefus Chr,ft hath d.ed
for a I men, Turks Pagin, ; and thir all rhe fins of men commirted agrioft
the Moral law were actuilly -forglwn and ptrdoued when lefusChrft feed
hisblood; and rone of the n rhac ever men nil co rrimced , or llioulJ were
imputed to them; but men were onlv damned for no: belicvinp in Chrift
ind for nothing e!fe. O.ic M-. S. a MmiiU-r in the city hid conference wch
klwv^ tfET *? *Vsfcf d°VVnin che^'ft Letter, andtohioi
hebMllc-d he had beea com-n.cred once or twice to Pnlon , » at CrfW^/vJ
once, another time atriw^, and vet rdcaicd. This D,w, delivered his
ppmions (which youmivti icm the firft Letter) in fuch a ramner s if he
hid becnan Apoftle fcattrom Heaven.
There
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'TT'Here is one Mr. Srbttrj that lived in Wales t who in the beginning of the
JL Parliament was an Independent, but by degrees is fallen to many grofle
Error?, holding univerfal Redemption, &c. and now a Seeker^ and I know
not what. This man was a Chaplain in the Earl of E$ex'$ Army a great w-hile
and did broach there many Antinomian Doctrines , and other dangerous
Errors ; but having left the Army a good while fince , he was about Londjn
and did vent his opinions here; but about Spring lift he hath betaken him-'
felfto thelfbof Ely for his ordinary refidence , from whence he takes his
progrtffo into one county or another in private houfes , venting his opinions
amongft well-affe&ed people under the habit of holinefle. In My laft he was
•as. Berry, where he Exercifed in private , fome forty perfons being prefjnr
he declared himfelf for general Redemption ; that no man was ptinifh.d for
esfdams Cms ; thatChrift died for all; that the guilt of esfdams&n ftiould
be imputed to no man : He faid alfo, that within a while God would raife up
Apoftolical men , who fliould be extraordinary to Preach theGofpel, and
after that fh ill be the fall of Rome : He fpake againft gathering Churches, the
Anabaptifts Re- baptizing, andfiidmen ought to wait for the coming of the
Spirit , as the Apoftles did ; look as in the Wildernefle they had Honey and
Manna, butnotcircumcifion and the Pafleover till they came into Canaan-
So now we may have many fweet things, Conference and Prayer, but not a
Minsftery and Sacraments : And then, after the fall of Rome , there fhall be
new heavens, and new earth; there faall be new Icntfalent, and then the
Church fhall be one, one ftreetinthat city and no more. Not long after he
had been at Tierrj , he went into Northaniptonjkirc , and came to Nonhamp-
ten, wherein a private meeting the main fcope«f his Exercife was, tofpcak
againft the cerrainty and fufficiency of the Scriptures, ailedging there was
no certainty to build upon them , becaufe ttare were fo many feveral copies •
he was alfo at Ottndtl, 2^e ^pon-T^agnel , and appoicted fhortly to return
again to Berry.
THcrc is one lykkols who lives about Moor- fields, that comes into Stepney
Parifh fomedmes to draw away people, and hath drawn fome away :
He did to Mr. Greenhils face joftifie and maintain many wicked opinions.
auhatGod was the Author of all fin , thatall lyes came out of themouthof
(Jod , and quorec! a place in the Book of Kings for it ; That no man was fent
to Hell for any fins , but caft thither only bceaufc God would have it fo, with
o.her fuch opinions ; upon which occafion there was a meeting concluded of,
and Mr. Gresnkil and Mr, 'Burroughs , with many others , were at it (this
meeting
many Err ours of the Sectaries. 2 5
meeting was a little before Mr. Bttrrougks fell upon the preaching of the po
wer of the Magiftrate in matters of Religion, and the point of Toleration)
in which meeting Mr. Grffnhi/ dedired how this Nichols (rorfo his name
was reported tome,) came into their Parilli of Stfpnfy , corrupting people,
and venting his opinions, and in this meeting fome of thetr ftid this was not
to be endured , and they fiid amongft themfelves , what a fad thing it would
be to have our children and wives drawn away ; and it was propounded,
Whether in fuch a cafe a man ought not to keep his wife and children from
fuch a one ; and ic was anfwered, A man was a King in his own Family to
rule and govern : And it was reafoned thus by fome in ihe company, If one
man rnjy keep out fuch a one, whc:herfome Families living near togerher,
may no: joyn to keep away fuch a one, and fo whether a whole Town rnrghc
not joyn to keep out fuch a one, and it was arifwer'd,yes: And then it was
Replied, It a whole Town might , why not a whole Country, and fo a whole
Kingdom: but upon thofe words there was a little paufmgand fufpendin£.
In this meeting Mr. 'Bttrrougbt affcrted in regard of thefe thing-, matters b^-
ing fo , there was a nect ffity both of the Government of the Church , an i of
the power of the Magiftrate in reference to the Liberty of mens Confciences
in point of Fundamental Doctrines, and that concern the powerof godli-
nefle, and the keeping the peace: And Mr. Creenhil and Mr. Buryon^hst
either one or both of them concluded, It was a fad thing that a man* wife
and children fhould be thus taken awiy by falfe Teachers , and there fliculd
be no means leftagainft fuch a one but Prayer?. A: another time ai Anabap-
tift and a great Sectary came to Mr. Green^il and faid, He migh: as lawfully
Baptize a dog as a Believers childe. Kit berime Cnitlj about: Augufthft. came
to Stepmy ( where fhe hath drawn away fomeperibns toBrownifm) and
was with Mr. Greenhil , where (h: with a great deal of violence an J bitcer-
ndfefpake againftallMinifters and people that meet in our Churches , and
in places where any Idolatrous fcrvic^s iuve been performed : Mr. Gre.'nhll
anfwered her by Scripture , and libourvd to reduce to a fliort head all Oia
hsdfpoke, asking her if this w^re notti e fum, num :ly, Thitit wis unhwful
to woi fhip God in a place which had ban ufed or fer apmto Idclat'ry , un
der the Names of Saints and Angels : fh vould not hold to the fh -ing of the
queftion , but running ou:, Mr. Grecr.kil to convince her, told her thit all
E<ighnd\n this way and manner had been fet apart to Sr. George, aid Scot-
AW to St. AndifVo, and fo other Kingdoms toother Sa;ncs : fo that fcy her
grounds it was unlawful toworfhip God in thefe, ar^d lo b;- confluence
any where in the world : but in ftead of being fatisfied or giving any anfwer,
(he was fo talkative and clamorous, wearying him with her words, t'luthe
was glad to go rfWay, and fo IdFc hen
D d There
16 A Catalogue And Difcwery of
is one Af.irfial a Bricklayer, a yong man, living at Hackycy (a
great follower of Mr.Rtmlal) who infefts many with his Error: -.This man
in the pretence of fome godly underftinding Citizens maintained, That Paul
when he complained in the 7 c. of the Rom. of the body oj dfatht&.c. was a
Novice, andunderftood no:Chnftin thepromife; and that he for hispm
understood the mjftery of God in Chrift better then Sr. Paul; and he f.id
of the Scripture? , they were as other Writings of men , every one had writ
as they conceived : and at the fame time one of A4arfb#lt company fpake
thus totheCitizrns The Scripture is your golden Calf, and you dar.ce about
it : This Afar/ha! further maintained ihere was no Hell , but all men fliould
be favsd , wicked as well as good , and all other creatures who (hall re
turn unto God: Again, all the hell that is, is in this life, which is nothing
clfe but the legal tenors and fears men had in their confciences .• that the
Scriptures are full of contradictions, and all fin is more from God then from
men, becaufe in him they Jive, move, and have their being: that it is unlaw
ful to kill any creature that hath life, becaufe it came from God ; and though
this man had gone forth for a Souldier, yet he held it unlawful to fight with,
or kill any imn.
On the Faft-day February 27. 1644. three men, two whereof were houfe-
keepers , and the other a yong man, an Apprentice, dwelling all in Wool-
church Parifa or thereabouts, in the Afternoon out of curiofiry and Novelty,
went to one of the private Churches in Bell-Alley , where when they were
come, thehoufe was very full ; and attending to him that fpake to the com
pany 3 they heard him fay , and one or two more took his part, That Chrift
was no more God then he or any of them there , and that they were as much
God as Chrift was: And though Chrift was a Prophet and did Miracles,
yet he was not Gcd. One of thefe three Mr. M. trembled at the hearing of
it, and called to the other two to come away for fear the houfe fhould fall
upon them , and fo lefr them : The fumof this was given in to a Committee
of Parliament, under the hands of ihefe three perfons , being EmvitneiTc.s
And upon occj.fion of this Difcourfe, 1 relating it to fome Divines of the Af-
fembly , they told me that Mr. Nye hidfpokenit in their hearing , that to
his knowledge the Denying of the Divinity of Chrift was a growing opinion ;
and that there was a company of them met about Goleman-ftrect a Welch-
man being their chief who held this opinion. And in lane laft a Citizen of
London , both godly and of good understanding told me, that about a moneth
before on a Lords day in the Afternoon, he was at a private meeting , where
for the fpsce of two hours, two yong mten ( one of them not above 29 vears
of Age) defended ftoutly, and brought rainy Scriptures taprove thatlefus
Chrift
Err ours of the Sectaries. 2 7
Chrift was not God EJTentially , but God Nominally; and that Chrift was
a creature before he took fUfh.
T*Here is enc Content Writer in London , but anciently belonging
* ctfter, fomeumes a Proicflor of Religion , and judged to have been godly,
who is now an arch-heretique and fearful Apofhte , an old Wolf, and a fub-
tiL'roan, who goes about corrup:ing and venting his Errors , heisofcen.in
Weftmir.fler-HAll, and on the Exchange; he comes into publique meetings
of the Sectaries upon occafions of meeting to draw up Petitions for the Par-
liametuor other bufindlV's. This man about 7 or 8 years ago, fell eft" from
the Communion of oar Churches, to Independency and Browr.ifm, and was
much taken with Mr. T^binfons Books , as that of the luftificarion cf Sepa
ration ; from that he fell to Anabiptifm and Arminianifm , and to Morta-
lifcn, holding the Soul Mortal (he is judged to be the Author, or at leaft
to hive had a great hand in the Book of the Mortality of the Soul.) After that
he fell to be a Seeker, and is now an Anti fcripiurift, a Queftionift and Sctp-
tick, and I fear an Atheift. This Wri*hcr is one of the tnief heads of thofc
that deny the ^criptures to be the Word of God ; and that queftions all points
of Chr.ftian Religion : He harh vented himfclito fome in City and Councrey,
as to Mr. Cole, Mr. Fart fag Mr. P. z Miniftcr, alfo to an nondl mm of Win.
ckcft(r , who lived in London becanfc of the Cavalier*. He fp reads Papers
and Qiicftions about the City , giving them tofuchwhom he thinks he may
corrupt , and that will be faithful to him. A true copy of feveral of his Qiie-
ftions , are by a providence come to rry hards , and I can prove it to be his,
and name the perfon if any good might come of ir, toftippreflo and punifh
this grand Impoftor and Seducer. This Clement Writer *botit Spring bft
did atfi m to Mr. Farthw, (from whom I have it in writing, written by
his own hand) That man hath no immortal Soul, but when he dieth , all
of man fleepeth till the Refurrt'ftion ; ?nd that the Scriptures are not the
Word o? God, neither in thcTrsrflation , nor ye: in the Original tongue?,
fo as to be an infallible foundation of Faith ; that the Scriptures are wri
tings one'y probably to be believed as rhe Story of Henry the Eighth: He
further faid, That there is roGofpel, no Miniftery , nornoFairh, nor can
be, unlefleany can fhewas immediate a call to the Miniftery as the Apoftles
had, andean do the fame Miracles they did : He alfo maintained, That no
man was damned but for rejecting the Gofpel ; and that none cculd re j ct the
Qjfpel, but thofc that had ittendrcd to them as they had in the Apoftles
being confirmed by Miracles. On s^nVthe 9- i^4v being trut diy
commonly called Eafter Wednefdii^ Mr. C«le Book-feller in Cornkil , in his
Dd 2 iWi
own Shop .( I going to him to help me to an unlicenfed Book ) amongft orher
difcourfe icld m°,That divers perfons whom about four years ago he thought
as goclly as any, wtrenow fallen todenyall things in matters of Religion,
and held nothing , but laboured to Plunder men of their Faith : and that ma-
i y of thefe were vicious in their lives, as well as Heretical in their judge-
merits : and fome of them would come into his Shtp , and had fpoken fear
ful blafphemies not fie to be ruined .- as that the Virgin Mary was--- ( I for
bear to mention what followed.) And as he was thus fperking to me , there
was coming on the orher lide of the way, and crc-fii:ig over towards :he Ex
change Clement Wrighter , and I fpake to'Mr. £V#of him: whereupon Mr.
£ols laid., I, there's one that makes it his bufim. & to Plunder nx-n of their
Faith : and if he can do that upon any , it fattens him , that's meat to him.
A hour twoMoneths sgo in 3S(ovembcr t came to my hands a Paper of Que-
fhons g'ven abroad by Clement brighter t about the Miniftery, Church, and
two ftveralBaptifms appertaining to the true Miniftery c( theGofpel: very
dangerous and fubtile Qjcftions which I forbesr toPrinr, till I can have
rime or fome other to put them forth with an Anfwer. On the firft of De
cember this laft monech , was a meeting in D ILfFe-lane , of fome of feveral
Sects , Seekers, Antinomians, Anabaptifts, &c. to confult about Liberty of
Conference.- how ail ihefe might have the Liberty of Pract.fing their own
way, and that with peace of the Kingdom: At which meeting were alfo
fome Presbyterians : where,upon occafion of debating 'kings in reference to
pretended Liberty of Confcience , one of the Presbyterians moved this Que-
ilion , whether they met her£ at Chriftiavs , or at men only : To which Que-
ftion one of the Sectaries ^whofe name is Mr. W.) defired to know why fuch
a.Qj.tftion was asked, or fuch a doubt made , that they fhould net meet as
Chtiftian men : unto whom the Presbyterian Replied , becaufe he had heard
that fome of that company denied the Scriptures to be Word of God: and
being bid to name them if he knew any fuch , he named Mr. Wrighter, faying,
it hath been fo related tome from others , and I defire to be farisfied from
hirnfeif, Whether he do deny the Scriptures to be the Word of God : and
put the Queftion to Wri^kter^ faying , 1 defire to know whether you do hold
the Scriptures to be the word of God ; but Wri^hter would give no Anfwer,
neither I nor no ; but in (lead of any fatisfaction given, one of that company,
and a great friend of Wrighters, one Mr. Wallin fell upon the Presbyterian,
asked him how he would prove the Scriptures to be the Word of God : and
faid, I will argue it with yon, and maintain it that youfhallnot prove the
Scriptures to be the Word of God: and after thefe two had donerea-
foning (Brighter being all this while filent) the Presbyterian fai'd to Wrigh-
ter, lam now confirmed in it that you denyjthe Scriptures to be the Word
of
Erreurs of the Sectaries.
of God, becaufe being charged with it and fo Publiquely , you do not de-
ay it.
Among ail crn confufion and diforder in Church- matters both of opinions
and praftifes, and particularly of all forts of Mechanicks taking upon them
to preach and baptize, as Smiths, Tay!ors, "Shoemakers, Pedhrs, Wea
ver?, &c. there are alfo fome worrtn-Prcichers in our times, who keep
conftant Ltftures , preaching weekly ro many men and women. In Lincoln-
fljirey in Houstnd and thofe p^its , rbere is a woman Preacher who preaches,
(its certain) and ti- reported ah'o (he baptiz^h , but thats not fo certain. In
the ifleof Ely, (:hitifl nd of Errors and Sectaries) is a woman- preacher
aifo : In Hartfrrdjbire allo there are fome woman preachers who take upon
them at meetings to expound the Scriptures in Houfes , and preach upon
Texts , as on Rom. 8. 2. But in London there are women who for fome time
together, have preached weekly on every Tuefday about four of the clock,
unto whofe preachings many have reforred. Ifh^ll particulaily give the Rea
der an account of the preaching of two women, (one a Lace- woman that fells
Lace in Cheapfide , and d arels in 'Be II. Alley in Col(m*nftrcet , and the other
a Mjjors wife living in the Old B*rly) who about a Moneth ago , the fecond
Tuefdtj in Decembtr ( as I rake it) did preach in Bftt- Alley in Colcmanjlrcctt
the manner whereof is as follows (as I had ic from a godly Minifter of this.
Ci:y, who was there preterit an eye and ear- witneilc of ir.) Three women
came forth out of an inward room or chamber, incoihe room where they ufed
to Exercife, and where fome company waited for to hear them; Thefe wo
men came with Bibles in their hands , and went to a Table; the Lace- wo
man took her place at the upper end ; the Gentlewoman the Majors wife
fate on one fide by her; thethird woman ftood on the other fide of the Ta
ble ; the Lace- woman at the upper end of the Table , turned her felf firft to
this Gentlewoman, (who was in her hoods, necklace of Pearl , watch by her
fide, and other apparel futable) and intreated her to begin , exrolling her
for her gifts and great abilities ; this Gentlewoman refufed to begin, plead
ing her weakneffe ; and extolling this Lace- woman who fpaketoher; then
the Lace-woman replied again to the Gentlewoman, this was nothing but
her humility and modetly , for her gifts were well known; but the Gentle
woman refufed it again , falling into a commendation of the gifts of the Lace-
woman ; whereupon this Lace- womin turned her felf to the company and
fpaketo fome of them to exercife, excufing her felf that (he wasfomewhac
indifpofed in body , and unfit for this work , and faid if any one there had
a word of exhortation let them fpeak; but all the company keeping filent,
none (peaking: Then the Lace. woman began with makinga fpeech to this
purpofe, That now thore daycs were come, and that was fulfilled which
was
3° ^_A Catalogue and Difrovt ry of
was fpoken of in the Scriptures, That God would poure out of his Spirit up
on the handmaidens , and they Ihould prophecy, and after this fueech (he.
made a prayer for ahnoft halt an hour, and after her prayer took that Text
If ye love me> keep nty Cammandements • when flic hid read the Text, fhe la
boured to Analy?,.1 the Chapter as well as the could , and then fpake upon the
Text, drawing her Doctrines, opening them, and making two uie*, for
the fpacc of fome three quarters of an hour : when (he had done (he foake to
the company, andfaid, if any had any thing to object againil any of the mat
ter delivered, they might fpeak , forthac was their cuftome to give liberty in
thatkinde ( but though there was a great company both of men and women)
yet no man objected , but all held their peace : Then the Gentlewoman that
fate at the fide of the Table, begantofpeak , making fome Apology chat (he
was not fo fit at this time in regard of fome bodily indifpofiticns \ and fhe
told the company fhe would fpeak upon that matter her Siller had handled,
and would proceed to a Ufe of Examination , whether we love Chrift or no •
and in the handling of it, (he propounded to open what love was. and what
were the grounds of our love , and how we (hould know it : and as fhe was
preaching, one in the company cryed,/jcw^<?#r : whereupon (he lifted up her
voice: but fome fpake the fecond time, fpcat^ottt , fothat upon this the Gen
tlewoman was ditturbed and confounded in her difcourfe , and want off from
that of love to fpeak upon i fohn 4. Of trying thefpirits , but fhe could make
nothing*of it , fpeaking non-ience all along : whereupon fome of the compa
ny fpake again, and the Gemlf woman went on fpeaking, jumbling toge
ther feme things agairift thofe who dcfpifed the Ordinances of God , and the
Miniftery cf the Word : and upon that fome prefent fpake yet once more,
fo that fhe was fo amazed and confounded , that (he knew not what (he faid/"
and was forced to give over and fit down : The Laee-woman who preaclW
firft, feeing all this lookt uj>on thcfe who had interrupted her Sifter with an<
angry bold countenance, ferting her face sgair.ft chcm , and (lie fell upon con
cluding all wich prayer, and in her prayer the prayed to God about them who
defpifed his Amb; (Tdors , and Minifters that he had fent inr,o the world to re
concile the xvorld : whereupon fome fell a fpeaking in her prayer, .AmbafTa-
dors, MmifterSj you AmbafTaddrs .' wirh \vords ro thar purpofe : and upon
thofe words fhe pray ed exprcfly that God \vouldfend fome vifible judge
ment from heaven upon them : and upon thofe words fome of the company
fpake aloud , praying God ro ftop her mouth , and fo (he was forced to give
over: In brief , there was fuch laughing, confufion, and diforder at the
meeting, that the Minifter profefTed he never faw the like : he told me the
confufions, horror, and diforder which he faw and heard there, wasunex-
and fo he left them , fearing hft the candles might have gone out
and
maty Errwrs of the Scfi Aries*
and they ruve fain to kill or mifcheifone another. The next Tuefday after
there came a world of people , ro the number of a Thoufand firft ind laft to
Bell- Alley, to hearthde women Preach (as an Inhabitant of that Alley rela
ted ic to me) but thrfe women bccaufe of the multitude did not preach there,
but preachun thtOid-Biily the fame day, and fince have Preached ina
houfe near the French Church ; where, on Tuefday being the 30 of Decem
ber , another Minifter heard them , and related that he Gw a great deal of
lightm-fle and variuy among form: rhat were at that Exernfe. And on Thurf-
diy che 8 of?**0*^ near the Fare i Church at one Mr. H/Ar,one Mris. Atto-
\Vwjr (one of the women by all the ddcription of her fpoken of before tha:
Preached in Bell- Alley) at three of the clcnk in the afrernoon Preiched,
where about fif-y perfons men and women were prelcnt. In her Exercife fhe
delivered n-any dangerous and hlfc Djftrincs : As, i. That it could not
fUnd with the go>dntfl^ of God to damn his own creatures Erernilly,
2. That- God the^arhcr did raign under the Liw ; God the Son under the
Gofpd ; and now God the Father and God the Son arc miking over the
Ktngdom to God the Holy Gho'Jt , and he fhail be poured out upon all flefh.
3. That there tliallbe a general reftauration, wherein ail men (hill be re
conciled andfaved. 4. Ihtt Chrift died for all ; with feveral other Errors
and conceit?. She told them for her part (he wa in the WilderntflV, waiting
for the pouring out of the Spirit. When her Sermon was done, (which was
above an hour) flie faid, If any one had any exception againft what ihe had
delivered , (he was ready to give forth her light : and if they could demon-
ftrare (he had Preached any Error , to hear them ,• fhe faid (h- wasjdclirous
that all the glory fhouli be given to God , and was willing to impart or give-
out that dram of light the Spirit had given her; thitihedtfired to lay down
her Crown at the feet of Chrlft , and wilhed thit frame and confiifion
mi^h: cover her face for ever if fhe had any confidence in her felf. After Hie
had donefpeaking , a Siller Hood up fuft and objedcd whit warrant (he hid
to Preach in rhismannir j the Preaching woman interrupted her and Cud the
knew what ihe meint , that fhe ought onely to Preach to thofe that were
under Baptifm: and further, fhe faid fhe difclaimed that (lie took upon her
to Preach, but onely ro Exercife her gifts ; for, (he could not be evinced that
any in the world this day living, had any Commiilion to Priich. Then her
Sifter asked her whit warrant Ihe had to Exercife thus ; (he Anfwered, her
grounds were I Pet. 4. I0, n. As every man hath received tfo gifts, &c'and
tnat in the 10. of the Hebrews, Exhort one another , and in the 3. oi MaUchi
the \6. and in Titw, Th.tt the elder Komcn ought to teach the yonder : Further
fhe profefTjd, That when (he and bef Sifter begin that Exercife, it was to
fame of their own Sex ; but when Ihe confidered the glory of God was mani-
fefted
32 v-/* Catalogue and Difcwery of
fefted in Babes and Sucklings, and that (he was defired by Tome to admit
of all that p leafed to come, (he could not deny ro impart thofe things the
Spirit had communicated to her: butftill her Sifter infifted upon the for
mer objection , and faid (he ought not to Preach to the world ; and (aid (he
would ffeak more freely, but that there was a multitude there. Then
another Sifter fpake to this fecond Sifter , that truth fought no corners , why
fhould (he fay fo ? Then a man ftood up and asked the Preaching- woman
what (he meant by thofe who were under Baptifm: (he Anfwered , under
a Gofpel order: He Replied, what was that? (he faid, all that were
baptifed being nor believers. Then afecord was objected, Whobaprifed
Simon Afagw, Ananiat and Sapkira ? Mris. AttoVvay Anfwered. (he doub;ed
whether they did according to their Commtflion in baptifing them. In
her prayer this (he- preacher prayed God that all thofe who were prefenr
and did not acknowledge his weak ones that fpake for the fpiric of God, that
he would difcover the iniquity of their hearts. She aifo in her prayer
gave thanks for the occafion of their meeting, that they had been quiet
without diftraftion, which they were not the former day .- and to the men
prefent that brought an Argument for Infants Baptifm, (he gave anAnfwer
to ir. He asked her what Bzptifmwas? (he Anfwered, (he was not very fit
to Argue thofe Queftions , and went from the Table to the fire fide ; and
then another Sifter faid, You have heard what was delivered, and may reft
fatisfied. I was informed alfofor certain this week by a Minister who came
out of Kent , that at Brafteed where Mr, SAltmarjk is Preacher , there is a
woman Preacher, ('one at leaftif not more ) in which company befides
Preaching, 'cis reported ( as this Mins&er faith , very commonly ) that they
break Bread alfo, and every one in their order.
IN Seytemberhb, ^Die 25. beirg at a Merchants houfe in London , there
came in one Mr. T. who related that in his Family there were but four per-
fons , himfelf, his wile, a man, and a maid-
A Citixen well affeded. fervant , andfairhhe, we are of (everal Churches
and wayes ; I arn of the Church of Englaxd,
tny wife was of one Mr. lades Church ; but (he is fain off from that Church
( as many others have ) and is now of none , doubting whether there be
any Church or no upon the Earth j my maid- fervant is of Taut Hobfons •
my man belongs to a company of which there are fome twenty or more
young men , who meet together to Exercife , but (ing no Pfalms , abo
minate the hearing of our Minifters , keep none of our dayes of Failing nor
Thankfgiving.
In
Errors of the SfStsr/cs. 3 3
In July laft, about the 16 day, I was informed from good funds of perfons
living in Colckfftcr, that there were fome Sectaries of that Town, who held
the day of judgement was fuddenly to come, and an Earth quske would be
(hort.ly in thacmoneth. They made a Qucftion, Whether they (hould lay in
any prcvifions againft Winter ; bu: all their fpecch was of preparing to go to
Jemfalem, from whence they fauuld bcukcn up : They moved one Mrs. /,/.
wno is a Seeker, to go with them ; bu: (he aniwered, (he was not provided
for fuch a journey : So-ne of them went up to London to fpeak with a^-iv (**
they reported) who acquainted them with chefe rasfcers, and gave tucm di
rections about their journey.
Her^ is one Paul Hob'on a Taylor, who comes out of Buckingham fare, and
is now a C ip:ain, hiving been in che Annies, who huh been i Preacher a
great while: This man when he was in the Army, where ever he came, he
would Preach publikely in the Churche?, where ho could g:t Pulpits, and pri
vately to the Souldirrs ; the fubjcA muter of his Sermons was much agiinft
Duties, and of Revelations, what God hid revealed to him; he was a means
to corrupt fomc precious hopeful young men who went out of London • and
prc-athing one time againft Holy Duties, (as an understanding nun who heard
him, rehted tome and other company) he fpake thus : / y?M once M legal M
a*j of you cur. 6c. 1 durft never a morning but fr.ij , nor nev:r a n^'u b:forc J
\*entt9 Bed but praj : I Aurft not e*t a tit of BrcA.i, but I %avt tkanty : I
diUjprayrdaxd Kept for my fins, foth.it I /.W almyt} \V«f out my £y:s \\ith
forro\* for fin : 'But l*nt perfoadedVffhc* I ufcd all the fe duties, i had not one
jot of Godinm . ThisT^W Hobfin is one of thofc \\hofe hai;d is fubfcribed
to the Confcfiion of Faith of the A**b.*ptifts, fee forch laft Winder. This Pwl
Hobfon preached tn Netcpvn-Pagiel, and thereabout, in contempt of the
Ordinance of Parliament made the laft eXpiV: Ar:cr hi was once taken and
queltoned for ir, and let go, h: comes back again -,nd does i: ins feconi tiai/,
in con-empr of the Governor of Ne^p-t-P^d tint then was, and mi-.be-
haved hi.nfflf ; alfowhen apprehended, u:tering
manv bold and fcJicious fpecches ; that th-y l''--~ M-^cr Prynus Fic(1> Dif-
'
Vr'fftt/ !. acejtt tint their friends in the Houfc of Com covery ^ Ne'<v Li3hts>
mo*s of their b*d ufagft that they were rcfolved P'ft< E
to make this biifinefle the Lading cafe of the Kingdcm i 'or ull th godly pxrtj ;
adding, that if the godly *Hd*el-affe£ledpartj Were thus perfected, they fatt Id
be ton cd to m*ke a. Korfe breach then that \\M yet, \*l;en they bad di,;e Veith the
Ki^sp.i-ty j and faying, Khenthey had made an end of the fr.{r Kith the Cava
lier s> thtyfbovld be freed to raife 4 ncto Army to fight Kith thew : The matter
E e of
5 4 <-xf Cat ah ?ue and Difedwrf »f
•jfc^ji^^aaan^*— •^•L^"" | .-r-J.~- .^p— 1 — . •— 1-1-__ •_--, ^— 1^±1— TTZZIZ . ^^
of Hob fen and his confederates preaching there, was againft our Church, Mi-
faiftery, Childrens Baptifm, fome of them boaftir;g of working miracles, arid
rafting Devils out cf men poffefled ; all which the
Mr. Prjvnes frclh Difcovery, Reader may finde in Mr. Prjnnes Book called, A
P3S '3- frefh Difcovcrj of Nefr Lights • and then urn of
them aflertcd the fecond time, in a Book intituled,
Mr, Trjnncs Lycr confound- 7-^ £jer confounded, vr a breif ^Refutation «f John
* 'Po'*1***' Lilburns Lyes and Calumnies. Sir Sumkel Lul^e
ferithioiup here for a camempt againft an txprtiTc: Ordi; arceof Parliament,
and the bufim (Tj was referred co a Commitcee, who heard and read the Exa
minations of the Wirn< {Te«3 and the proofs of the charges againfl him, but I
know not how ic came abour, inftead of fome exemplary punifhment, this
Hob fen wasprcfcmiy a: 1 berty and preached rhe very next Lords day in Moor-
fie/dsoT thereabouts (as I am informed from good hand?) and preaches ever
jihceon week day es and Lords dayes : Every fPtdncf'day in Finsbury-felds
In Checfyer-ttlej in the Afternoon he preaches, where fome three or four
moneths 3go he preached on Col. 3. If ye be rifen frith Cbrift, feckjke things
that are above, bft& faid,Tettrerifeto above the LaVo,
FrfH/Ho^pag.47. Chrift and above the World. This Hobfon hath Printed a
the cftca^not the caufe of the Book of Sermons which he hath preached, in
»3/> 1 3°- Chrift the effcd which there are many E« ror,, As Chrift d'd not by
not the caufe. kti death purchaje life axajatvatto» for a//, no not for
the tie ft. For it ^M not the end of God in the comix?
of Chrift, to purchafc love and life ; but Cknft him/elf Was pure ha fed bj love
that he might mal>e out love, and purchafetu to love, for £hrift c<*me not (o recon
cile God to WAn^ b«t man to God. : Secondly, That tl.e unttion Vehich the Saints
Arefaidte receive from the Holy Onc> I John 2. 20. it one Veith the Ckriflhoodof
(Chrift. Befidcs thefe, there are many {trains of Antincmiantfm, Libertinifm,
and unwholefome words which are not according to godlineffe, in that Trea-
tife of Difcevery of Truth, -pag.6^, 65, 66.
He hathalfo lately Printed a Difcourfe againft Baptizing of Children, up
on occafionof that Difputation that (hould have been between Mr. CaUrny
and fome of the Anabaptift?, and now he gives out that he is fent for by a
Colonel to come to Sriftol to do fome fervice there, ( as if he had not done
mifcheif enough in London) and truly 'tis a fad thing, that in all the Towns
and Cities (for the moft part,) taken by the Parliament forces , this fhould be
the fruit of ir, That Errors and Herefks fhould abound there, and Sectaries
of all forts get places of profit and power, and be the men all in requeftfor
Oiiices and imp!oyments. I have been told from a good hand, of a Letter
lately writ: en from BriftoJhom a very godly man that lives there, and is well
known
many Errtrfof the Se&arits. 3 J
known to be fo , to a godly Minifter in this City of London thac hach fome
relation to Briftol , the contents whereof are as
follows : * That h:rc at Briftol none of the ToVns-
menorCountrejaret.k^ » ^ ^ojedinanj ^^^^
fervice, or put into anjpUce, or lookt upon Kith any
rcfrett that arc ydlj, unlefe th?y be men of the Ne*> Light and Ne* Vaj, but
Malignant* are rather preferred before them ; and if thing* go on flow, 1 MM
have the Kingdom, or words to this efted.
THer
Bell
'Here is one Lam who was a Sopeboyler, and a Church that meets in
^ Bfti-ASej in Colfmanftreet, called Lams Church : This man and hb
Church are very Erroneous ftrange Doctrines being vented there continually,
both in preaching and in way of difcourfing and reafoning, and ftrange things
alfo done by them both in the time of their Church-meetings, and out of them.
Many ufe to refort to this Church and meeting, the houfe, yards full, efpecially
young youths and wenches ftock thither, and all of them preach universal
T^demption. In their Church meetings, and Exercifes there, is fuch a confjfi.
on and noife, as if it were at a Play ; and fome will be fpeaking here, fome
there: young youths and boyes come thither, and make a noife while they
are at their Exercifes, and them of the Church will go to make them quiet,
and then they fight one with another. Lam preaches fometimcs (when he can
get into Pulpits ) in our Churches. On the fifch of November 1644, he
preached at Grace Church in Londo^ where he had a mighty great Audiencr,
and preached ttniverfal Grace, the Arminian' Tenets ; and he preaches in the
Coumreysup and down : he preached at Gilford in Surrey^ in one of the
Churches, about the beginaing of September^, and would have preached
at Godalmi*g rhe fame week, fome coming to the Minifter for leave, and the
Minifter denying, Lam came himfelf to him to have had the ufe of his Pulpit
on a Lords day. This Lam with one Oats and others of that Church, ufe
to travel up and doxvn the Countreys to preach their corrupt Doftrines, and
to Dip. Lam and Oats were at that time when he preached ^.Gilford,
going to Po'tfaouth ; and at another time an gjfex Minifter rold me, that
Lam and one Tomlins wi:h others , were travelling in Efex to do the
Devils work, and thac thefe men were fent down from the Church as a
Church Aft inro the County of Effx to make Difciples and propagate
their wav, and indeed into moft Counties of England (where thefe men can
go with fafety) fome Emiffiries out of the Sectaries Churches are fent to in-
fecT: and poyfon the Counties, fome one of Lams, fome OIK of Kifmf, fome out
of othcts. About Septembtr laft, one Kiffi* an Anabaprift went his progrefle
Ee i in
3 6 A Catalogue And Difcovery ef
aj;d did a great deal of hur: : and I have been informed ft cm good
hands, by the nieans of fome that are acquainted and intimate with them, thac
notonely 1 -niffanes from London go into thefenigher Counties, as Ejftx.
Kent, Suffolk^, Hartford, Cambridge, &c. but into Torl^fhire and thoic
Northern parts (fince reduced to the Parliament; and no doubt aifo into the
: and foveral Sectaries wenteaily to 'Briflol and thofe parts, as one
Matter fBacont Simonds, &c. and into Wales alfo, fo that we are like to have
.rifm.like a univerlal Leprcfie over-fpred this whole Kingdom : I pray
God keep it out of Ireland; and I kept Scotland by Gods mercy, and the
benefit of the Pro by tern! Government will keep it out there. But to return
to Lam and his Chinch in their Church- meetings, they have many Exercifers,
in one meeting i wo. cr three, when one hath done, there's fometimts d ffrr-
ence in the Church who ftuii Exercife nex% 'tis pu: to the Vote, fome for e ne,
fome for another, feme for Brother Tench, feme for Brother JBat, fome for
Brother O. .ts> and ftrangers who come thither, will make a cry, and cry out
for whom they like beft as well as the Church, as a young man oi Jp/'vrich
coming thither of novelty, and the Qjcftion being put, who fliould Exercife
next, Brother S^r, or Brother Tcr.ch> hecryedour, Brother Bat, Bro her
Bat ; in this Church \is ufual and lawful, not onely for the company to iland
upandobJLftagairifttheDoftnne delivered when the Exerciser of his gifts
hath made an end, but in the midft of ir, fo thar fometimts upon feme {land
ing up and objcding, there's pr» and con for almoft an hour, and falling out
among themfdves before the man can have finiflied his Dlfcourfe. Outs who
is a great Dipper and Preacher among them, delivered in Bell Alley inCc/e-
manftrect not long ago, That the 'Do^rme of Gods eternal Slettion andPre-
deftination Was a damnable ^DoUrine and Error • and in the fame pi.ice fince
the Difputationfhould have been between Matter Calamy and the Anabap-
tifts, this Oats Preached , That tkeir Dilatation fbould be forbidden by th
Civil Magistrate ) ^?M the gre ate ft a front that ever KM offered to Jefiu Chrift,
fince the fir bidding of Peter s,nd John to freak, in 'the Name of Cknfl. Of this
Lams Church there is one Mills, who married a wife, and when he had got
hereiute, would keep company no longer with her, nor will allow. her any
thing ; fa- hath often combined to the Church of him, but they jeer her ;
(he hath followed him , bur he is ready toftrikeher (as fhe complains) and
can have no rcdrefle ; the Members of this Church are generally loofe, many
of them turn Seekers, and flight the Scriptures much. In the latter, end of the
Lords day m;-ny perfons, foroeof other feparate Churches, and fume of cur
Cl.urc :s v ii) go to this LAWS Church for novelty, becaufe of the difputes
w r -ngS'ngs thi: will be there upon Queftlons, all kinde of things ftarted
and v er.icd alaxft, and fevtral companies in the fame room, fome fpcaking in
one
one pare, fome in another. On a Lords day lately in Lams Church in the Eve
ning, there were three or lour companies wrangling together, and putting
.qutftions, lome maintaining thac.the regenerate part in a childe of God was
perfect, as alfo one Mr. 1J. u Member of Mr. John Goodwins Church, reafon*
ed for a pcflnility of racn to be favcd wl^o are not ehft^d. Upon the Ordi*
nance ot Parliament coming.forth aguinil mens Preachings who are nor or-
diined Mimfters, the laft Lord Mijor having information of Mechanicks
Preaching in Colettt**ftrcet, appointed fome Officers to go and fee: they
coming to the hcufe where Lams Church was in 2? <//-/•///>/, took a young
man about twenty ycers of a^e a Weaz'er, and Lamy at their Exercifes : the
Church abufed thefc Otficer*, and called thtm perfecurcrs, and perfecuting
Ragles; but Lam give.bettcr wo dsv and dt fired they might be lee alone till
they had finished their Ex^rciiV, and they would irx>n their words meet
tht m, and be for h-coming a; tny Lord Mayors houfe about (ix of the clock ;
whereupon the Olficers g ve them that liberty, and according to their words
they came; being brought before the, Lord Mayor that t hern was, his Lord-
fhip asked the young man firlt, why he preached, and whac warrant he had ?
hhanfwer cothe. Lord Mayor was, 0 Lord open t 'wttmj Hps> andmy mouth
Jhtill (beV? forth thy fra^c : Gffd-h.td optned hU month, and he muft fitto forth
qods praifc. Mv Lord anfwtred Him, Hf mi^htfb:^ forth the praife of god in
the d^'c barge of hu C*lim^ and othfr-^i/f in his pl.ice & a private Chrifiiant
My Lord asked him, ho^> long he had been a Preacher ? he anfvvered, ever fincc
he hadbten a "Difc iple : my Lord aked him, koVv long that had been ? he an-
fwered, -ever fwe .he K*s baptized : tny Lord replied, h*tltjo>tr mouth been
opened ever (i*ce jour infancy ? he told my Lord, hit Infants 'Baptism Vvat no
Baptifm; but h: hid been rB*pri'z,rd not above fix monethj. Then' my Lord
fpake toLamot his Preaching, fiyfng, Ton have tran^grejfed an Ordinance of
Parliament • he made anfwer, No, for kt-toas A Preacher called and chofen by
R>form(d a Church & «nj \*& ixtbe Ko-ld. My Lord cook Bail of them to
anfwcr u before & Commirtec of Parlianvm, .and th-y appearing, were com
muted for a wh-1 , and then lee ouc by the means of fome friends they have,
and have preiched fince more openly and frcqucn ly ihen before ; fo that the
late Mayor when iefaw rhat the Committees of Parliament fuffored their
own Ordnances to bcr thus cont( mned, committed no more of ihern, neither
do:h this prefcnt Lord Mayor, ^eingit is in vain.
N
Ow unto all the former Seftiriesboth in Ciry and Count rey 1 mi°hc
adde a particular Relation of thefc follow:ng: One Kiffini greit aftivc
•I, one Patience his fellow Preacher, that would not befuffcred in
3 8 A Catalogue And Difcovery of
One Matter Cox who came out of ^Devon/hirty an Innovator,
and grear time- ferver in the Btfhaps time, that againft the will of the Biflhop
of Exettr, Doctor H<*U his Diotefan, brought in Innovations into his Parifh
Church, (us fome godly people chut came out of thofe parts have informed
me) who hath put out a Pamphlet, called , A Declaration concerning the pub-
like Difpute Vvhich fhould have been in the publike meeting Hottfe of AldermA*-
bury, the third of December concerning Infants Baptifm : One Thomas Moor
of Lincolnj7)ire a great Stctay and Maniftftarian that hath done much mif-
cheif in thofe parts : One Matter W*llin a Seeker, and a dangerous man, a
ftrong head : One Matter Robinfon, who is commonly reported to be the
Author of that Book called Liberty of Confcience,
Maftcr Prynncs Difcovcry of Printed in the yeer 1643. and by Matter Prynne
New Lights, pag. 9. yU. fpoke of as tnc fuppoled Author of many other
Ltlvurns Letter to Maftev / i \ n i A <? / T -IL A i- c
Prynne. VIL Letter to a fcandalous Books : One John Lilburn, a darling of
friend of Ins from ptifon. the Sectaries, who hath Printed ftrange Letters
"rid. Lil. Innocence and truth againft Matter Trynne^ the Parliament, the Ordi-
jaftified. Letter to Lilburn nance of Tithes, the Aflfembly and Black-coat^
of Englands lamentable Oa- and halh cafried himfelf in an unparaleird way of
very and remedy. Vii- Dr. . /• , j r A L •
M^c^juft defence againft i^olency and contempt of Authority, a great
the calumny of John Lilburn. ftickler in the meetings at the Wtndmtl Tavern,
and drawing up Petitions for the Parliament, at
which meetings he hath fpoken ftrange things, and in which Petitions ftrangt
claules have been inferred, (as godly Ghriftians, ear and eye-witnefTcs have
informed mej a man who pretends great piery, hoiineffe, and fufFcring for
the truth of God, as his own Books, and his friends Letters of him give out ;
and yet from good hands of godly Minifters and others, he is reported to be
a man of a loofe life, prophaning the Lords day in Sports, one who is a Play
er at Cards, one who will fit long with company at Wine and Tipling, and
.hath done all he hath done for money ; Printing Dr. BaftVeick? Books for
money in the Bifaops times tofet up witfe, wemoir in the Parliaments fer-
vice, being foneceflitous before the Wars, that he knew not what to do for
himfelf and his family ; and it may without all breach of charity be judged,
thathe hath Printed ieveral Pamphje:s (which being uniicenfed, and of fuch
kinde of Arguments, fell dear,) and abufed the Parliament fo intolerably and
fearfully feveral waye?, and all to get money. One M'. Bacon who was fome-
times of Glccefter , and Preached feveral Erroneous Doctrines, and after
canviftion and all fair dealing with him, being incorrigible, was caft out of
Glocefter, but here in London hath been entertained in the houfe of a grest
man, one "2 arber an Anabaptift about Thrednee&leftreet. One Matter Bachilor,
the Licenfer general of Books, not onely of Independent Doctrines, but of
Books
Errors if ifa SfftAritt.
fiooks for a general Toleration of all Stds, and againft Fcedo Baptifm, &c.
One Randal wno preiches about Spittle yard, a great Ancinomian and Fami-
lli, am, not a loof: life, and laig: confcience ; but there would be no end of
narningall. I ftnil give abrtif Relation of two more onely, and that (hall
futficeforprefsrr. The \\ ill is one Mr. Kno\\ltt who would not be fuflfcred
in NeW En^Und: Bu: about four yecis ago came into old England ; he
pre.ched at Ckriftcpkers Church bchinde th« Exchange t a li tie afrer his
coming over, That the »/> o\ prescribed L) furors, a* the Bcol^of Common-
Trajer, KM Idolatry, Anl 'all they t^at ufcd it fiwld he d '.mned j and it was de
livered fo abfoliuely wirhout any condition of repentance or forfakirg it,
that it wuchdmled : f nis mm a little after difcovered himfelf to be an An-
liromiin, and was in a Brotherly way del: wir h by Tome Minifters meeting at
K'r. C«l*mi(s ; and af:er fo;ne reafoning and debate (if my memory doth not
tx:rcrnely fail me, nhicii icft:ldcai do:n in matters of this nature) he and
Mr. Mmpfo* the A:;tinomiah, fet their hands to a Paper drawn up of feme
i^ropcfi.ions , concerning the Moral LaW and the Ten Commandments de
livered by Alofts ; and ) et :>f:er that complain's were made to the Minifters
by fome godly Chrifiiansof ei:her one or both, preaching ar;ainft thofc points
they had fubfcribed , This KnvVrls went into the Army which was under the
command of the Earl of Afancheftfr, where he did a great deal of mifcheif j
and afterwards coming to London, Preached at ^«-W in Cbfap/idv openly
agamft Chiidrens Baiwfm, which then give fo groat cfF.nce, that he Was
complained of to the Parliament for that Doctrine ; whereafter fomc time
he«e;tinefree, went down \ntoSnffilk, and there plaid his reaks not onely
*^ f+ l*'/"l I /" I • • .' ^-V
getting up the Pulpits when the Sermon or Lcclures had been ended, againft
the will of theMinift-rand PariOi, fothit there were fever.il Riots andTu-
muksby his mein^fo ;hat he was fen- up by fome in Authority in that County,
wirh Articles and Comphinrs againft him to a Committee of Parliament:
and after he go: cff from that Committee (35 the cecT:aries finde too many
friends in Committee?, of which there are many fad examples) he goes, and in
tne heart of London, in great St. Uellcn^ next door to the publike Church,
keeps in the time of publike worship hi? meetings, where for a long rime
great refort was to him, fome of the NJcighbots having told me, tint accord
ing to their eftimation they could not judge the number Icfle then icoo, which
many dayes reforted thirher : and after his Landlord would fuffer kimto
ftay no longer, now in Tir.sburj "Fields he is fet up, nnd hath made a great
meetiog houfe by breaking one Room into another (as I am informed alfo.^
And
40 A Catalogue and Difiovery. of
And laftly, this Kno'&ls is cne oi them who dates keep publike Duplications
(thongh it is wtli known he is a weak man, and forry Difputant) wich'Miru-
fter* of the City agatnft Pcedo-Baptifm, and is one of them whole hand is
fubfcribed ro the Declaration lately pur forth concerning the pijblike Difpute
which (hoiild hsve ocen concerning Infants 'Bapdfm.
Thelaft of all is one Mr. peters, the Solicker General for the Seciane?,
whocameout of NS& England dx>vi fouryeers and four moncths ago, con
cerning whofe Preaching, pra&ifes and proceedings in City and Countrey I
could writes whoie Book, hiving received certain informations from hontft
intn, ear and eye-witneffesof his Preichirg and carriage; but it is too long
to tell you what he hath vented againft the Affembly, Presbytery, the Re
formed Churches, Directory, yea, and Parliament in his way, and how he
hath pleaded for Antinornians, Anabaptifts feveral times, and how often in
Pulpits he ta:h taken his leave of Old England, and every Spring for fome
yeers told them of his prefent going to Ifeft England. : This man is an Ubi-
quitary here and there, in this Countrey, and that Countrey, in the Army,
and at Z0»dfo» : Whenever flhe Independents or fome other Sectaries are a-
bout any great defigne or bufinefle , he muft be
A known godly man of fome fent for, though from the Army : As for inftance,
quality in Lmdon prefent at at the fiege of Briftot, when almoft ready to-be
:t,nmg't|eSs;°±L1 "^n in the height of Aftion he muft come up
me, that he heard him with f rom his charge Co London, to go ride about the
his own mouth relate that to Countreys of Kent , Svjfix, Bark/hire, Buckin-
be the end of his coming, ghamfoire^&c. to ftir them up Co chufe good Par-
And for the Weft, fuchand jjament men ; of whofe Preaching at 'Rej&fo,
fuch great Commanders i Greenfteaej &Ct J couU g;ve the Reader an at!
the Army fwhoml fcrbareto ' . n b. . .
name) would take a care of count, but that I muft ftudy brevity. And now
that. that their defigue for a Toleration hath lately more
rigoroufly been profccuted and pnrfued then
heretofore, I am perfwaded Mr. Petrrs late coming up from the Army ha h
been in relation to thar, though there may be fome other ends too of his
coming. And Mr, Peters is fo bold, daring, and active for the Sedraries, that
againft all their own Church-principles (their mcft facred, rhat of che power
of the Church) Mr. peters is kept here, snd muft not go to Neto England :
Ariel for that I will tell rhe Reider this ftory, Mr. Peters had expreflfe Letters
from the Church of which he is a Minifter, without sll excufe or longer delay
to come away to NeVo England as this laft Summer ; himfelf meeting a Mini-
ftcrof my fpecbl acquaintance, told him, I am now going for Note England
fhortly : To whom my friend fsid, 1, you have been long a going, 1 will not
beleeve it. Mr. Peters rcplysd,!, but now I go, certainly I muft, the Church
hath
many Errors of the Scffaries.
me th.s, arxl many more par
ticulars of their ru.c;ing$.
* No Presbytcri m Synoa! or
Afiembly ever took that
prwcr upon them ngainft the
cxprcfle call of the Churcfc,
and without hearing the
Church fpcak fo pcrcmptori.
ly, to determine.
hath commanded, written peremptorily for me, and drew out the Letters.
Bat upon occafion of rhe Churches writing thus for Mr. Afters going to
Nf\* England, there were * meetings of feveral
Independent Matters (of the Grandees) to con- ' A Sodly Mfetfter wfeo was
fult and rcfolve this cafe cf Confcience about Mr. Prcf-!
Peters going, confidering the peremptory call or
the Church ; the refult and iflje of rhcfe rnce:ingf
wa?, Thar Mr. Peters being foufefal a man here, fhould not go, bu: (lay in
England ; and the objection of the command of the Church being urged, it
was anfwered and foRefolved,* That if the Church
were twentyXihurchesthat fent for him,he Qiould
not go. I will onely particularly fpeak of one
psfTige in \\i. Peters Sermons, A: then I have done
with him. He harh frequency in City and Coun-
trey i \ many places, as at Chflmtford in Effrx,wd
at leveral Churches in London t Preached, That if
it were not for Livings of Two or three hundred
pounds a yecr, there would be no difference between the Presbyterians and
Independents (wickedly and malicioufly infinuitiug to the people) as if the
Presbyterian Minifters oppofed the way of Independent, and ftood for
Presbytery, bccaufeof great Livings-, a thing cur fouls abhor, and could by
many demonft rat ions rffure : But I will onely fay
this, That fee afide * D^c^or Barges 400. 1. ptr
An^um, fomtich fticking in rhe ftomicksof rhe
Independents, 1t will be found that feveral of
them hive greater miintenance,& better outward
Accommodations, of Seqaettred houfe«, Libraries
^Ven rhem,pref< rmenr for child ren ,frirnd*;witho-
iher adnnesgesftcficte their maintenance in their
private Churches, rhen any Presby terras hive
tf'at I know of: And T believe it would be found
upon fearch, That Mr Peters the Independent,
hath had Two or three hundred pounds a year,
and better fome years fmee he came over into
EmUnd : He hath had rhe Archbifhops Library
given him, a hundred pounds in money at once by the Houfc of Commons,
his pay in the Army (though he hefo much out of it) he bought (as I am
tdd from thofe that know it) of * Apparel,Hang-
inpt, and fuch likr, at one time; as he could not get Flundrccl goodi>
Uffethcn Two or three hundred pounds by, btfides all the fums of money
*'f chat
* Th's Sum exceeds not the
ycnrly value of what he rmh
cheerfully parted with, fmce
the beginning of this Par-
liaurient (as I have good In
formation) befidcs the 1 1 oo 1.
of his own pcrfonal Eftate
j» Monry to the Txt^/^c
@tofc > nocwithfftanding his
great charge of Children.
To fay nothing of his in
defatigable Aftivcncfle tor
the Parliament in the Ccun-
try,City, Aimy 8c Aflcmbly.
42 A Catalogue And Difcovery of
rhil have been given him for his pains in Ireland, and Holland : And I believe
it he be well called to an account by the Committee of Accornprs, for ail the
moneys he hath received in Kent in the full or fecond years of the Wars,
Red ali the moneys ioi fending poor Children over isto AMV England^ \viih
Receipts in other places, which I may not hear *f3 nor cannot give fo good
areafonof asof the former : it maybe found an Independent hath had as
good a Living, Two or three hundred pounds a year, and that free of ail
Taxes,- as any Presbyterian in theft' time.*, wich his Paifoaageof Three or
ur four hundred a year. And this may fuffice for a Narration of the
proceeding- of feveral great Sectaries. Now I will adde a few remarkable
paflages, and fo come to the third Part of this Book, the Coraliarks arid Ob-
fa rations upon the whole.
Extratt of. ffco Letters lately Written.
GOod Mr. Edftards, my hearty thanks premifed for the Letters received
tromyouthe iaft week : I am mucb"coinfori:ed,and fo are all with ui,thac
pray for the peace of Jer,ttfalem\ thit the C.iry, both Minifters and People, aie
for the greater part fo united in their defire of Government, and for the
fupprefiion of Schifrn that Gangiensour Church and State. Things are in
a fid pofture with us, giddy people have all encouragement from forne that
are, in place, to Separate from communion with us: They grow very bold and
infolent; no Migiftrare dares con;.roul them ; let Minifters bur. do their du
ties in confuting their Opinions, the mourns of men are rilled with obftrepe-
rpusclimours againfttnem: Many Minifters that affcft popularity, though
otherwifeOrthodi Xj grow meally mouthed, and dare notapen their mouths
againft them, bat (land in a condition of Neutrality, till they fee whieh.way
the wind will blow. The Directory and AiTembly are much fcorned and
flighted. One of our graved Lecturers (I wiili I could fay difcreeteftj hath
ever fince cur meeting abouf Chffical Affrmblies, opened hirrifelf with much
brrt-erneflfe againft ;he Parltimenr, Aflfembly, aad Scotifli Government, calling
the Parliament ftout-hearted, the Aflembly a rorten company, theGovern-
roeat Ecclefiaftiul in Scotln^ 3 a fii'hy ftinking -Government : the Inde
pendents do out-wit and out-ac3: their Brethren that diflTent from them. Its
a fad thing to think that fo much blood hath been fpilc, and vaft fums of money
fpent, if in the end we fhould have a Toleration : O what prcmifts have we
had of Uniformity in Religion, both in Doctrine and Difcipline 1 But the
Sons of Zcrviah are too ftrong for us, Sed /edit in coelis arbiter Aqusu ; and:
iii'y of the City raifes up my hopes 3 that God will confound all Ma-
ckivelian
Errors of the Sett&ries.
chiveiian policies, for that liberty that will no: ftand witfn hr.ftiani;y, and
the Kingdomi fafety, lam ghd to hear tha- you <re appearing in Print a-
gain, Ipdi j tufty. Never any rhirg was written fincc the Parliament began,
that give fotul! fuhf.tttion, nor that gave thefe Incendiaries of oar times fuch
an incurable wound as your laft Book did. A* I am wririiig one fends me
Mr. Burroughs Book of ;h. dwiiions of our times I look into the middle of
ir, where he labours to make the Prehtical and P esbyterial parties the
caufes of all out broyles; fodo your Cur-purfes ina croud cry our, Beware
if the Cut pxrfe. I hope in orve of your Books you have waflr off the dire this
Bin throws in our faces : muchtviry where is written agiinft the Presby-
teml Government wichout controul: I commend you and your great un~
dertakings to his Blefling and Protection, whofe Name is our ftrong Tower,
an4 reft
)an*ary 7. f9Hr fcHo\\>. labourer and
1 6 4 5« fvffertr in the Lords toot {.
Mr dear 'Brother «»4 Frimd, I know not to whom almcft in the world
co communicate my fclf as to you in the perpetual troubles of this
Towa-. The laft Faft day Mr. E. did in pnblike name the publike Preacher
in his Sermon, as the principal Author of all
this * uprore; and that all mifthiefs were aft- * The *Prcre was that on
ed under the wings of the publike Preacher, he the 25 of December Lift,
not diftin^uifhing between Independents and commonly ca^cd ckriftm&s
other Setts: And bc-canfe two years fincc I ^y, the Apprentices would
madeaveryrnort Apology why I Preached on fcnVJ ^ of tt
Chnflmatdtj, he cryed up Mr. S. his Antagonift Town were (hut, and fomc
for a holy Saint of Cod : oM Mr./7, for a glo- bein^opcn, the Apprentices
nous Sainr, and that every (lone the Boys c^ft in a tumultuous diforderly
it him, w« a Jewel, comparing the pretended Tr ^ and TUiW huVC
AKorrrtrc f^ /- r rri • thck- Ihut up, and when they
Abettors to Cutpurfa Thiwes, togies. He com- were fllut Bj'tJlB Apprentices
plained how the Sainrs were perfccuted alive ard departed.
dead, and give inihnce in an Anabaptift which
the lail week Mr. C. Miniftcr,ftaid for'fome time from bcinp buried, denyins
him in hii life time all his Dues, bur told rhe peop!e this poor'man fhall judge
them at the hft day. Here comes News down of a Toleration and the Secta
ries favyhry hive Letters inform rherryhac they thail yet tread uoon the necks
of Gods Enemies. Goodman ,5". the hit Night «x>uld rot hold the glorious
News, but (aid their friends m the Parli.itm-nt told them rhey fhall have a To
leration. All things here tend to apparent mifchief ; communicate thefc tlvng*
Ff 2
to
44 A Catalogue and Di fewer] of
to Mr. E. and the Afaibly men ; feed me word what is fit to do to vindicate
my felf ; to fuffrr it is intolerable. My yearly means befides is detained : Some
Minrfters chat tome weeks fince were Presbyterians, have declared themft Ives
the laft week tantttm-non Independents. Dear friend,, for Chrifts fake niinde
me in this bufmcfle, for it* conceived abroad, tlntl am the Authot of all dif-
orders here, a&d ;hat which Iks near my hem, isr That fame Presbyterians
think ib, and fo dsftroj their own inEercfc
Thin* in fefa Chrift,
HAving given the Reader a particular Narration of many of the Sectaries,
with a true copy of feveral Letters, and an Exrracl of others : I will
adde a few remarkable Pdlages concerning their, and fo come to the tkird
and laft part of this Bock. Oft the 24 of December hft, a Ciirzen of good
worthin this City related to tne at his own hcufe in the hearing of many c-
thers, That on Monday being the 22. of December going to hear Mr. TSridgc
Preach on Ftthftrcet-Hill, in the Chancel of that Church, a little before the
Sermon began,he faw a man with fome people gathered aboutrmn, fpeakiog to
them j and heard him fay.Tta* men i» the later daycs (fpeaking of thefe tia>e^)
Jhvftld have ntore light then the Apt/Iks had,andthat Vtejhonldnot tye our felvet
to,the imperfection's of the Af oft les. About the beginning ot May hft, a judi
cious godly Minifter who came out of the Countrey, told me in thehesrirg
of a Gentleman alfo, that the Sectaries fay they have Grievances : i . The Af"
fcntbly of Divines. 1. The Scotch Army. 3. The Committee ef both Kingdoms.
4, The Houfe of Peer s. 5. The Hottfe of Commons medling thus Veithmtvers
ef Rdigion. Novemb. laft the 1 1. I was Informed for certain, from ihe tciV-
raony of anhoneft godly man, that would not tell an untrvi h lor Ten thou-
fand pound, who was alfo an Ear- -wirnefle, Thit at Kijfins the Anab'iptifts
Church, when their Exercifes were finifhed, a Paper vvss given in to this ef
fect, which was read to know a Reafon, why they m<t every firft day of tkt
Vvfel^, according to tbe evftom of the Nations ? tsfr.d Vfhy about Nine of the
clotty according to the cvihm of the Nations? A*d $fhy ihc) Preached and
frayed fo long> according to the cuftom of the Tuitions ? At the fame time alfo a
w-oman fpakein that Church, and fomrcryed, Spea^out : Whereupon Kigin
told the Church, he would relate the whole matter, which was, That this wo
man being lick, foe Tent for him ; he coming to her, Prayed and Anointed her
with Oyl upon her Breft and Stomack, but yet (he did not mend upon it;
whereupon flie-fent again for him; he remembring the words of the Apoflle,
Tk.it it \\>as the Elders of the Church, he took with him his Brother Patience,
and Co they Prayed over her^and Anointed her with Oyl,vid flie was raifed up,
and
of the Srflarres. 45
and defired that thanks might be given unto God for it; and upon further en
quiry of this Anointing, befides che third Letter fpeaking of it, lhaveic
brought me two or three other wayes.
I have been Informed for certain, and that upon a fecond enquiry after
tbe truth of it, that an the 1 a. of T^vfmk. laft, here met a matter of Eighty
Arubapnfts (minyof them bclong-rg to the Church of one Timber} ma
great houfe in Biflofgate-Rreer, and had a Love-feaft, where five new Mem
bers lately Dipped were pre.'fcn! ; rhe manner of their meeting was as fol
low^ taken from the relation- of one of their own Members who was at it :
When the company was met tog(ftl>cr they began wi h Prayer; after Prayer,
every one of the company kneekd down apart •, and "Barber, with another of
their wsy, went toeachof ihem ene after another, and hid 6oth their hands
upon every particular head, women as welf as men, and eirher in a way of
Prayer, prayed they might receive the Hofy Ghoft ; or elfe barely to every
one of them ufed rhefe word?, Receive the Holj Gkofi : After thefe words
they fate down to Supper, which was dated for them by a Cook: When
Supper was ended, before the cloth w»s taken away, they adminiftred the
Lords Supper: After the receiving of tha% inthe clofe aQueftion waspro-
pounded, whether Chrift djedfnr all men, or no ? which they fill into Difpute
of; and being late, Eleven of the clock of nighr, and the party who related ic
having a great way home, lef: the company hot at this Deputation, which was
likely to hold them fome time ; the party who relates this wa? fomwhat trou
bled at thisnewbufmetTcof lay ing on ot hands thus, as not well knowing the
meaning of it; but upon enquiry, the party relates fo fir as could be learned
upon asking fomc other of the Membersjthe meaning is this,That fuch perfons
who now after the laying on of chefe hands fhali have Gifts, muft be fent to
'Priac'i into theacountrey$, yea, into the ftreets openly and publikcly^ea, to
the doors of the Parliament Houfes; a'nd theforenamed party frid, I lie like
had been done in -another Church of the Anabaptifts before; and added,
They agreed to forbear a while from fending them inco the ftreets publf !w \\ ,
and tothet Parliimcnt to Preach, till theymould fee how things would go. ?j
A litde before the choice of Common- Courcel men for the Ciry of LVK-
donfar this prefent year, the Sefhries ufed all means, yea, and tumultuous
difhoneft ways to get faithful godly well- aff fteci men to the Parliament, who
were Presbyterians not to be chofen, and to bring in Independents, and Jn-
dependemifh perfons in their room ; in fo much uSat fome Independents went
about to feveral houfes where thev rhoughc they were likely to finde any ac-
cepcarce,ind fpake againft the old Common- Courccl men, caflingafpeifions
upon them; yei,I was allured from good hands,that Papers with names of old
Common- Councel men were thrown about the Wards into feveral houfes, a-
gainft
46 A Catalogue and Dtf cover j $f
Names pucin whom they
fe.wht ftirring
OUT,
fwered,
„
. «»«. * »,, ?»»w»rf«/
about London, had a man Server t u «nM i ^ *L ° ^ j fan^ vv^° ^lvt>$ ^ere
^MJiSSSSss'te'S?^
*.^W, and there carried tiimfHf K Mi ^ ^re the Committee of
a Oftrlf.r
rrors of the Sett tries . 47
a godly Mmiftcr being in the Pulpit, and Preaching upon Repentance, pref-
ftflg it, a woffiin ftood up and fiid to him openly, That he Preached Lyes and
fatfe *I)o8rine. A Mmifter who was a Preacher in Suffex reUted to me, That
he Preaching upon hanftirkiiion aid fuch Points, a Sectary publikely cry-
ed out to him, fpcaking agaii.ft him fur ir. I have thtfe following parti
culars about difturbince in Preaching, and the boidntffe of the Sectaries a-
gainft fome godly Mmifters vtho P.-eath againll their Error?, given rnein
wri. ing under the hands of Ear-vviintrTcs, with their Nimes fublcnbed. Up
on a Fait day, 1644. a godl) MiriilUr Pieachingin Sutvlph Church at Col-
thffter, a Sectary fpske thtfe words, That I \\t'.i be one of the firft that
Jha.ll ptucl^ (naming the Mm ft.rs N^mej out oj the f»,//*Y, and knock, ku
brains oxi, and all fuch baft ling Curs M he is. Another Miuilttr Preaching
in Cclchejlcr agaif.ft Schifm, in the tinae while he was Preachii.g, a Sectary
fpakc thefc words wich a loud voyce, fo as all chat itood neir were difturbed,
O fthat a vile Wretch is thu ? O Vrhat a T>evil u tkul And when Sermun
was imoicdiatly done, O fthat an Enemy of Gods People is this ? He huth
Trexched Btafykemj : That he came from the Devil, <%r.dt) the Devil he Vfj»/4
g» : Which words (he fpake alou^. Arid becaufe £hrift.Chttrch troubles
theSediries much, and 7". E. Preachi-ng there, asitfeerns by Mr. Bunens
larc Reply to The 'Door of Truth opened-, and his brief Anfwerto Dr. Saft-
Vficks cwoUte Books, page 24. 1 will therefore acquaint the Read, r of two
Pafl'.ges onely of the infoiency anddiforder of the Seftiries, in icerence
to Cbrlji- Church (chough indeed as many can witnelfe, they hire all the
time from the beginniogof that Lecture by railing and wicked re-port?, by
hubbubs and ftirs, by laughing and fleering in the face of the Con^reguior,
and in the midft of the Sermons, fougit to bLft anddaQi ir) The firit is a
Piper given me up into the Pulpit, as in the nature of a ]'• .11, which 1 here ftt
down verbatim.
To Mr. Edftardsi Sir, Ton ft And <u one prof fjfing jour [elf tt be inftrttttcd
by Cbrift, Vfith abilities from Gedto throws dt^n Error ; ami therefore to that
tndd) Preach every Thirdday : May it therefore flcafe yen ,i*d tkofe t^at im-
floyyouiathAtycork,, to give thefe leave Vchom you fo br*nJt at pntlii^lj't9
cbi-il againft Vcbat you fay Vehen yottr Sermon is ended^at you declare y ur
fctf; and \\>e hope it ftittbe an increase of further light to aft thAt fear God, anl
put a Urge advantage into your hands, if you have tht Truth »n jour fide, f>
caufe it to fhive Vei-th more evidence, and I hope We ft all da it ftitlo mtder^tion M
Ifcowetb Chriftians.
Yours, William Kiffi\
The fccond is that about the beginning of September ;-n my Sermon twtin*
48 A Catalogue And Dtfcovery $f
fame palTages againft che preaching of illiterate Meehanick perfons,oneftampc
with his foot and faid aloud, Tku T^fcatty Tlogue deferves to be ftttt'dottt of the
Pulpit : Upon thefe words half a dozen more who ftood near him faid, Let's
goptiflkim out of the Pulpit : Whereupon, one Mr. B. fpake to them, and the
hrit man who railed on me, called him Rafcal too, and fo all of them we*u cue
of the Church.
O&ober Jaft, 15 day, one Mr, C. a godly Mi'nifter told me, That about three
or four days before, hapning into the company of one Mr. Vicars (v\ ho lives
at Colcheftert as the Minifter reported to me) and reafoning againft the way
of Independency, Mr. Vicars wifhed him not to be fo earneft againft it, for he
was confident within three moneths there fliould be a Toleration eftablifhed ;
and this he fpake from knowing men who knew it, and could help to cnxft it:
Whereupon Mr. C. told him, he would fpeak of this freely in the City,
Army, Coantrey, that he had thus reported there (hould be a Toleration.
In Ottob. laft, the 16 day, one Mr. F. told me , he thought many of the Se
ctaries would ere long be aginft Civil Government as Ecdefiaftical ; for faith
he, a Minifter a Sectary fpake it in my hearing, aud the hearing of others, ve
ry boldly and openly, That the people ought or might call the Parliament to
an account for their money, and the great Taxes laid upon them ; and if the
Parliament had called the King to an account for his Impofitions and Taxes,
why (hould not the Parliament as well be called to account by the Prople ?
And he added moreover they would be, with other words to that tnxct.
In Sfptem. laft, there was a Petition drawn up by fome well-affected Citi
zens, and fentaboui to be fubfcribcd by hands of well affected people,to be
prefemed to the Parliament for che fpeedy feeling of Church-Government,
(hewing the great mifchiefs, as the broaching of all abominable Errors, &c.
for want of it, which was brought to the hands of one Mr. AHej, that he for
Stepney (hould get hands for it (as others did for other places) this Petition
being brought to Mr. Alleys by well- affected men, he carried it to Dr. Hoylf>
Dr. Hojle gave order itihould be read in the Church after Mr. Barrwgbf
had finished Ms morning Lectti re, that fo many people being together, they
might with kflfc trouble tuve a fubfcription of hands .- Whereupon Mr. *Z?#r-
rouqhs (though he had done his Exercife) yet he ftands up and fpeaks againft
fubfcribing of ir,u(ing Arguments againft ir, that it came thither from no Au
thority but the Vicars , and how could they fubfcribe to a Petition for a Go
vernment which they never faw , nor knew what it was ? with other Argu
ments. >lr. greenhil 'alfo in the Afternoon fell bitterly upon fpeaking againft
the Petition , and warning the People not to fubfcribe it by any means ;
And this Matter ^4Sey was baited aod rated by feveral of the Secta
ries , and them of that way that he met with 5 both in the ftreet , and
upon
many Erreurs of the S eft Aries.
upon theExchange,and in all places they gave him
reproachful fpeeches/aying, he foaght the blood of Thf R"dcr nwy obfcm the
them: whereas all he did, was, tb'tthe Pec.tion violent rp,mot Sea™, a-
i | . • T>* L gainit all pcrlons and tmn'«
coming to him, he carried it to the Dr. but got ne- *Jm pieafis not them.
ver a hanato it, and all he did was openly too : be-
file% this man is a great Friend of Mr. Burroughs and Mr. grecnkil, having
pleaded for them in my hearing, alwaycs fpeaking honorably and tenderly of
t iem,*nd expr.lTlng alfo his ddire of liberty and indulgence for them as being
godly and learned men(but the man being confcientiour, & feeing he mifchief
cfToleration and the good of felled Government, was willing this Petition
fliould go on) yet this man was thus ufed, Mr. Greenhil alfo on the Vaft-day
fjllowing.which was the 24 of Sept. fell upon this Petition in a bitter manner,
giving this Petition many Epithites, 9 or 10 fas it was related to me, and if it
(hould be fo, 'tis much in Mr. Creenhil accounted a moderate manj as fcanda-
Jousjfeditious, tyranical,and fuchlike, fpeaking againft Presbytcrial Govern-
menr,that it would be more tyrannical then Bifhops,and would you return in
to £V;/?ragair,?and either Mr. Grcenhilor Mr. 3 'urrott^hs upon occalion of this
Petition, faid , was this all your kindntiTe to them in the Army that had done
f« much for us ? with fuch like paflfjges, Mr. Surroft^hsaKoy as in the fore
noon at Stepney , fo the fame Lords- day at Cripplcgate , warned the people
againft this Petition, and among other Arguments fiid, What, will you have
in binithecf from you ? (whereupon fomeof the people wept) and told
them in the Pulpit , he would rcfolve any that fliould come to him of the un-
Uwfulneffe of that Petition. The next day fome wcll-affefted Citizens went
to his houfeto be refolved , who put him to it, and made him even fweat
aguinj he asked them whether they were of this Parifh , and faid if they
were no! of this Parifh he would not refolvethem; butftill they put him to
it wherein it wis unlawful , and fome of them that were with him report Mr.
Burroughs faid licrle , but his wife fpake much , »nd took upon her, and faid
ir was a fecond 'Simons Petition. Mr. Wells of He\*-E*gUnd fpake againft
this poor Petition too, v\ithmany other of the Independents and Sedarics
of all forts ; fome of them were not afrnmed to fay it was a 'Dixies Petition,
and made byeD%fy. Many alfo of the Pamphletiers (who I think are the
penfioners of that party , and I am fure one of them being lately tryed to in-
fert into h;s weekly New« the Petition, prefented at the choice of the new
Common Councel , conftfTrd ingenuoufl; he could not , for he was ingaged
to the other fide) branded this Petition, The
Per fell cP*/<*gts , a«; promoted by per fens ill affe- P/Vc PcrfcA Paffagcs, Num.
Red, invented by the Lora ' D.'gby, to ntal^e fratti- **' fl'om Seftcm^ *7- to
9ns in our Army , a -very danger ow petition , and *J<
Gg if
CAtAlague &nd Difcevery of
iftnj he not '*f*u n,\nk , if they Kin ^repair to Mr Burroughs "'*)**
'• : affefted Minifarskq may be further fatufed. Tne .
Vide Moderate Intelligencer, ^derate Intelligencer as voted ?o bejf (/"<?, {can-.- 1
Numb. jo. from • September- ^A[OM ^ and th*\ a Ccramittee fosstti, inquire ot*£_
iS.toaf. •• tb^&tkoy'.M be fttrijked -t befides,' he makes it
to be a quarrelling with our fends , and making enemiesof them , and un-
feVfombir.ro alia the P-trf** Ounces of thac week , with ocne» ot them
hid a fling at this Petition and thf. Petitioner?. ;
A^^laft. the 1 8 day., fpfoonas I erne outof the Pulpit at C^
^, , rihi. v°rV foot of the Pulpit ftcod a man Gentleman, like ail m .
£ £ 'an m n.Ctbein d»»U, I «nM nocperfeflly d.fcern his
wLnrt • he defirtd tol?«kaiew words with me, folftoodftiH,.and .
countenance he dentea to , ; with him> I[old
* '
. Sir
s *•' /-/«"•«;*%
»< if fi«» «»*• *«
V. ^*. /or ,(,
, and ui*\e in mm, G*r^-
fid .o the number 5f „,)
tolenac, <*dtk* uaUIhav* ufa,,.
Tlvvho,! ^5^" .w.rf, becaufe the people were 'coming by.
Is Isa'lfo top?event all occafionof tumult, but parted with the Gentle-.
fairly. into Mr. Smhlit&of in
, to <*^?3ffi^S^X* far WM he a,-
they were ; ae fud *^*™ '" d£ni(.d the Scriptures, became tkrcwera
ledged allot net fix* with other Reafons which I forbear to .name,
untruths contained m^' h I fnd to Mr. O/r, If they denied ths
f kflel *^^^^ ld£ Chrift, they mufl : qjc ftion
Scnpinres , hea they cou. a no ih hd<| Ehefe
htm ; be replied, he bad ob^d ;hat ,jujjM ^ ^^ ^ ^ g ^^
mentioaof her. Others paiiuges were
fpokco
Errwrs of iht Seftaries. $ I
fpojtenjjf the Hojy Qhoft»whUh I forbear to ipeak c.f. >!r. jf ole rela^d
atfolie went on a Yaft-dtymtbe Evening to findr thefc perfcnsout, tad
found them pli\ ing at Tables • fa in the ciofc I dciired the company»;hat
ftocd by , as Mr. Burroughs a godly Mimfter, ( no: Mr. T! wrought of the
AlTcmbly ) «Mr. Smith t withfome others, to bear witntflj \\hac Mr. Cole
luiJUid, and told him I would not coocgai.it , and bring guikoipoamy fel£
bu^acquafcjK'Jtnojjty wi(fi k ; and>ccordingl)'^>iith *y haqd; Mr. B*r-
roatfs , and Mr. Smiths fubTcribed, it was given' irt to f Committee. Tnis
Mr. CV<r natn often Taid 'it to Mr. Smith ( as if he be called he is ready to be
depofed) that he knew many who met to difpute agjinft the Scriptures,, and
hithbeenat their meetings, and once fhewed him one of them, telling him
his name : he a!fo atanother time told Mr. Farr^Vg.that he knew many who
denied the^cripttires, and thjfc for three Reafons which he gave him, the
very fame he named in my hearing , and the hearings of Mr. "
Mr. Smith, And fo much for the fecond part of this Book.
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A Catalogue and D if cowry of
THE
IRD PART
OF TH E
o K
Confiiling of certain Corallaries and Obferva-
tions upon the Errors, Blafphemies and Pra&ifes.
ot the Setfhries laid down in this Catalogue.
l.-CoraEarj.
tnen'we may take notice from all the Errors, Herefie?,
Blafphemies, and Pradtifes of the Sectaries, laid down in this
Catalogue, of the great evil and mifchief of, a Church being
long without a governm.enc,- and of the nor timely fappretfing
^i'rorsJ and wantonneffe of Opinions, but fuflfcring them to
grow; WG may here fee u hit 'tis to defpifeand let alone a
ftH.ali Party ; a (park not quenched may burn down a whole houfe,and a little
Jeaven len'eneih the whole lump : So fmail Errors atfiift , and but in a few,
grow to be great and infect many : as one Arriu* over fpread the world,
and a few Sectaries fiveyeers ago, are grown now to many thoufands. Asa
Ciiv without walls and jb.ulvyarks;as i Girden and Vineyard wkhou; a hedge
ana , fences; as an Army without Difcipline are expofed tofpoil, wafting
ar^d ruine \ fo is a Church without Eccltfiaftical Governmenr. \/Ve in this may
be* warning to all other Churches and Nations , and are indeed a Beacon on
fire; upon a Hill, to teach all to takeheedof leaving a Church deftioueof
Ectlefiiftical Government , and of taking away one before they fettle ano
ther i lam confident that it the Parliament hadforefeen and known what
w; jhey do , what a flood of damnable Herefies , Errors^ Blafphsmies and
Praftifes
many Errours of the Sectaries. 5 3
Practifcs are come in upon us (ince we have been without Church Govern
ment, they would nor have let this Church beenfo long without one, but
would have prepared and provid-d to have fee up anew, when thiy took
down the old : Bur ir may b=: it will be faid that the want ot Church-Govern
ment is not the caufe of all theft. Errors and mifcarnagcf:, bin the true caufe is
ihe intermiflion of the Civil Sword , and ihac Church-Government if it were
fpcedily fetled , as is dcfired , would nor, nor cannot remedy thefe tvils ;
'nsontlythe Ma^iftra C: ; proceeding againft them by Laws and pnn ihments,
and the Minftcrs Preachirg 3gainit them which are likely to- do it; but as
for Church- DTcipline , that would ntither prevent nor red it flc things , and
thi- 1 finde in Mr. Cottw»*t Brotherly Examination re examined, pageio.
and in the ^'indication of four fcrious Q^eft ions concerning Excommunication
and Sufrenfion. page 58,59. fan Au'hor whom I greatly love and honour for
his former fuffcrings , and f.r his parrs of learning and piety ) and this is a
great Objection in the mindes and mcu hes of many , efpccially thofe who
are for the £>*/?«» way: Unto which Objection I hive provided a large,
full ard fatisfadory Anfwer (as I conceive) wherein Khali make good thofe
thing*; : That the want of Ecclefiaftical Government is the great caufe of our
Heretics, Schifrr«, Corfufions ; and that till that be fetltd, thefe evils will not
be remedied: That EcckfitQicil Government without Civil backing it, when
'.isin power and clBcacy in Ks%Cla(FcJ, Synods, AdVmblic?, hath both pre
vented and remedied thofe mifchitfr, and that the Civil Governmert with
out Eccleiiafu'cal , will never heal nor rcdrcflt them , \\i:h divers other par
ticulars : But becaufe I have a/ready exceeded that number of fheers I inten
ded , and thcreiore may not inlarge much , and yet thi< Objection mtirtbe
fpoken to fully, ( which I cjnnor do in a few line?) I will therefore in two
or three iheets by ic ftlf , fhonly within a few we( ks ( God permitting and
aJlifbng) give the Reader an Anfwer to this Objection , and (hew a greater
n'-'cc flity and benefit of Ecckfiiftaal Government then many in thefe times
imagine.
2. fora/. Hence then we may fee it is more then time ro fettle the Govern*
mcnrand Difciplneof the Church, and that fully and cffcdhully , the ciyit
Migiftrarealfo concurring .ind backing it with his civil power, leaft many
more dammble Herefies come in upon us , and we be deftroyed by rents and
divifions: the Errors mentioned in thisCa-alogue , befi le miny others not
Jiere nimcd , cry aloud and call for a fpeedy fetling of Church- Governmenr,
and to pat Tome rtop to the wilde beafts thic com? in to devour and lay all
wafte : and though many fiy, The time it not come.
the time is net come • that the Lord; Honfe fauli he Mr' Sltltm^ h« n^ $*&
built , that it is unfealonable now , and a new J^ttery hath been put out to re
tard the feeling of the Presbyterial Government with paffages in Sermons,and
ivecJ-:
5 A A Catalogue And Dtjcwcry of
weekly News Pamphlets to the fame purpofe ; yet it will be found it is mote
then time in Gods account , God (peaking now ro fueh peopk as he did in
Hav. i .4,9. Who can read this Catalogue ot Errors, Herefie?, Blafphemies,3nd
Pradifes of the Sectaries here in England witl;in thefe four hft yecrs, and not
fay it is time ro fettle Government ? What will thtfe things comeumo if lee
alone a little longer ? and what will we do in the end thereof? what will noc
men fall into, what will they not preach and do if Government be nor qnickj
ly fetled ? Theie had need be a 2VV ultra fet up ; iome among us ate bin ro
horrid iuange waves , come already to deny the Scriptures , the Ti iniiy, . h@
Divinity of thrift' , the Immortality of the Sou), Hell, Heaven, yea, to fc< ffe
at Scripture*, and is it not time to put a ftop then ? Some yeers ago Minifters
who preached before the Parliament complained of the Church noc being fcc-
led, and then faid it was high time to build thehoufe of God, for which Ser
mons they have had thar/ks g:ven them, and were ordered toprint them. The
Parliament fome yeers ago thought it time the Government of the Church
fhculd be fpeedtly fetled , as is evident by their Orders and Declarations in
Print, February i:6. 1643. .( now two yeers paft wanting but three weeks,)
the Parliament (peaks thus, That covfidering the many urgent rea/onsof having
the Government of the Church fpeedily fetfed, the Lords defire the Houfe of Com
mons to \f>yn With them in [ending to the Aftembly , to haflen and freed their ad
vice to the Houfes of ^Parliament , for the fet ling ef all things that concern the
trefent 1>ifcip line of the Church, April.p. 1642. The Lords axdCcmmons d«
Atclare, That they intend a due and neceffary Reformation of the Government
and Liturgy of the Church^ and for the better e jetting thereof, /peed Ij to have
* conftiltation Ve it h godly and learned I)ivines. And J might quote divers p3{fa-
ges out of -Declarations, and Tranfiftions, between both the Kingdoms of
England and Scotland in reference to Church- government, wherein three
yeers ago they mutually expreffe their great fenfe of the want of perfecting and
enjoying a Reformation in Church Government : Burl will onely name one,
which is in a Reply of the Lords and Commons to the Brotherly Anfwer
which the general Aflembly of Scotland made unto a Declaration formerly
fent unto them from the Parliament ; The words are thefe, And accordingta
Mr former Declaration of the feventh ^/February, Our pttrpofe U to confab ftith
kadi j and learned Divines , tk'aiVn may not onely remove thi* ? but fetlefaeh
* Government at may be me ft agreeable to gods holj Word • mofl apt to procure
and conferve the peace of the £huich at home , and happy union V?ith the Church
>ef Scotland, and other Reformed Churches abroad , andtoeftablift the fame by
A Z,*ft*, Vvkich We intend to frame for that purpofc , to be presented to hi* Ma}efty
far his Tloyal A$ent. And in the mean time humbly to be fetch His Majefty that a
JB tflfor t iff Afiembly may be pa (fed in time convenient, for the meeting tobcbythe
^/November nextt the miferable cftate oftke Church attd Kingdom not be
ing
?»JtJy Errours of the SectArieS. 5 5
»»£ able to endure Any longer Aelty. And without 2 II donbt, if before the Aflern-
bly met, the miftrabl: eftate of tku Chunk and Kinod>m Vcat not able to endure
any longer delay, and rhit two yeers ago there were many urffnt Rfafoxs of
h.ivi»l the Government of the Church fytcdily fetled , then now it is high time
the Chii:ch and Government were faled, theccndkionof this Church being
feven times more mill rable now , then when thofe Declarations were puc
forth, moftofthe fearful Herefies, Blafphemif s,nnd PnftifVs being broached
and afted fince, and many of them not fo much as \vhifpercd. before : And as
concerning the fpeedy ietling of the Church Government, let all whom ic
concerns confider well of this Dilemma ; either we fh •!! have i Church Go-
vernmenr, or not; ci:her thecfhblifh;ng«f the Pre-byteriil Government is
intended, or not; if it be not intended rofetle it at all , thentofpcak only of
anfeafonableneff: and haftineffe, it isbu: a rre.-r fftifc and colour j'then let tt be
declared fo, let it be told us there fhill be no Church Government fetled :
fjiKifif be really intended , and faid Church Government muftbe andiliall
be fakdhalfayecroratwdvemonethhence; then why not now prefcntly ?
if it be unfeaf>nablenow , if this in u firtime,
will ic not be as unfeafonable, as unfr, half a veer si 7U(»^OT beue fi tliqutafo
hence? when can we think the Secedes 'and W"™*"10' Wjfl«"*-
, r L. r L r C \' -II • J fWOf?. >VlI2. i// L'lU AUCUU.
thole who oppoie thcpreienc ietling, will judge
it feafonable ? do not delayes in all good things hinder and make men roore
u.fi: ? if we be unfit now , fliall we not be more unfit half a yeer hence? will
it not be more difficult ? will not the Sectaries increafe more and more ? be-
fijes'j many other rubs thit may come in, and that will by the Seftiries be
c-fl in on purpofe to hinucrr ? Do we nor in experience fee it now harder, and
findc ir morediiikuJt tofet up Church Government then two yeers or a
twc Ive moneih ago.and yec we then thought with
in a while, we (hou!d finde it more eafie ?^and will ^f" jm $ Mie tra* ™ni*
it not be fo nex: veer, :nd half a yeer htnce ? The
c. a. . . ,. L / L • ,. • . He tint guncrh time giincfh
Stctiries know cn;s we'l enough (as being politic!- i,fc.
ar.s ) and therefore labour fo by all means and
wayes to delay the ferling of Governmcnr : All .'hit the Sectaries d-fire is but
tirae, and to let things lye as they do,give them but time and thty have enough
(politicians will work out all things in time, and many thing', fall out bet wee*
the cup ani the lip)one of the grand Praftifrs and Di-fignes of thcSecT:arie5,ali
along harh been r.o delay, retard, keep off all ferling, for wh:ch they have ft a r-
led m nv things, four;d outmsny wayes of diverfion, caft in many blocks and
obftruftions/omented and he»ghtrie<f jealoufies and fears, rocjt advantage and
wrought upon the lufts and humours of men, cum muh'u aliis, and rhat the Se-
ftjriesare all for gaining.time, I will glvs two inftinces : A Minifter who is
a Senary, in the beginning of thefe unhappy war?, faid to a gadly Minifies
' one
Catalogue and Dtfcove ry of
oncMr.D. his great acquaintance then uponfome difcourfeofthe wars ; if the
wars would continue fifteen ycers.or would to God the wars would continue
fif;een ycers,and in that time we might do our work. Another Mimfter of that
way prayed not long fince, about Sept. laft, O Lord, give thy precious fer-
vants time, it being expreffed in fuch a manner as the Minifter who heard him
told me, by what went before he could not underftand it, but of gaining time
to e.fl^ct their work in. And fora conclufion of this fecond CoralUry, I fay no
more, either let there be a fpeedy fettling of Church Government and the ci
vil Msgiftrates backing ic effectually, or there will be fpeedy mine ; Our Reli
gion will be lcft,and men will turn fofaft, either Malignants or Seclaries,that
Government will come too late, there will be none to govern, and the malig
nity of the difeafe will be gone fo far, and get fuch deep rooting, that the re
medy and medicine, though excellent and powerful, will not reach ic : this is
trie fence and cry borh of Minifters and people, of the body lleprefentative,"
- MVc*. *6.?M. of L.M. fnd bod? KeP«fent5d ' *£.is "» |>c fan in their
Aid. Com. Coun. And dut Petition?, and heard in their dayly difcourfe: and
Church Government mny be certainly , in this cafe vex popu/i is vex ^Dei^ every
(peedily fuled before we be week: yea,cvcry dayes delaying of fetlingGovern-
dcftroyed one by another ment now ^ ,s more t[ten moneths or half veers D£-
through rems and divifions. fore . For now Blafphemies , Herefies , ftrange
Pradi^es are come to a height , and grow more in a week or moneth HOW,
then in a yeer before : tis now tide, and water comes in apace; and therefore if
the banck be not made fuddenly up , all will be over- run and drowned : The
veins are open and the body bleeds apace , and if there be not a fpeedy flop
ping of the vein,it will be too late : every day brings^brth fome new Morfter
of of inion, and Blafphemi-:s fwarm and increafe every where. Now fince that
part of my Book hath been printed which fpeaks of the Errors, Herefies, and
Blafphemies : I have been informed of, and met with divers particulars , buc
will here infert two only. The firft was related unto me in the hearing of o-
thers, by an understanding honeft Cit zen this prefem Ian. 20. in the evening,
That he lately hesird a woman fuy there were lies in the Scripture ; and fpeak-
ing to him faid , you make an Idol of the Scripture , and you fpeak as good
Scripture to me as the Scripture, that place in Gen. 6. 6. It repented the Lord
wade man, was a lye ; he told rse alfo he heard a man finde fault with that fto-
ry in Gent/ts, of Noak being angry with H.m* for feeing his nakedneffe , and
telling his brerhren,and fud he would confute the truth of that ftory (namely,
thn Hams faft towards Noah, was not as is recorded in Scripture, bur feme-
thing elfej by a Story related of JVaah in a Book called The VvAnAring Knight,
which fpeaks otherwifcfthe particular Story named to me,becaufe it is fo abo-
rs-.inible I forbear to mention i>) unto whom this Citizen Replyed.I hope you
.will not compare that idle Book of The VftwAring Knight with the Scripture;
yes,
m<i*y Irrors of the better its, 57
ve>, ftith ht'i but I will, for §:i? « good Scripture as tha . The orhcr is a
Lflage in a Prin ed Boole call'd T»ttr*tbk jttflifitd (w ichc me forth this
brclenr Janutrj 20. anu WAS openly difptrfed a* Hfeftminfttr^ given by Secta
ries into f -me Parliament mcns hands) where there is a formal pic d igtoc
Toleration of Blafphen y, ot drnying a De ty and ihe Scriprures in 7V;* 8,9.
and that no o her mean mutt DC u:ed ou tieafoiis and Aigume- ts. In one
word to finiih this Corakary, and ro come .o a third, the :ime p ft may ^ ™~Q
ssroh^ve let the Houfc of G->d lie w .lie , and people to ruYe hau tneit
%v«lls, walking in Litcncioufh' (IV, Luft , Mhifm, Hcrdies, and abominable
Bl Gnomes : N:*W thcrclore we had need ndten the time by fpccdil) and
eff rt'J4( v ie Itng.heC htirch-Governinent, bccaulethe daycs are fjtvtl, no
logger ,- rf:nng n. m to live the reft of their time, to the lufts and errors of
men, biK to the Wi,l ot God.
5. Cora/. Hence we may manifeftly and experimentally fee, whatthemif-
cheif,evil, and dinner ot a Toleration, and pretended Liberty of Conscience
taouid be ro rhis K;n«;dom, andwhat it ^ould prove andprod.c: : It onely
the inttrmifTi'jn ct Government for a nme ro*|u ft on and look ore things :
it a kmdc o> connivance and bsre fuflrVnng ol mu,ypeifons (though fome
have been q(> fton-d, trnprifoncd, and mukOed, which no qatftionhath
awed -nd rcttutncd much) have brought torch fo many damnable Kerefics
horrid Bl ifphemies, feinul Pr. ft fes, and that in:o (he open lig;ir, beinj; pub-
likcly pleaded tor, yea, and fet forth to the World in print: What v.ou!d t
Kgjil and tormilTole a icn product ? What would be rheeficd of piecend-
tflLtb^rtj of CoHjdcnce to n^uch contended tor in rh..fefimes if chit wtrc
cftablt(hcd by au:honty ot Parliamtn ? If a few ycers nt rm Hi .n and cun-
nfv -nee wi ho-.it tx-mphryrtfttainc ha h had fuch < fF ds aiUtruic« -m-j^g
u«s, wh -t wcii'd one twemy yt-er« Toleration ot *1! R; J:gions and vJo^ren nccs
cnadcd by a Law do ? It in this lime wherein tfe S- clirit« hive b enpro-
b3'i<»ners upon fhe r<al of their good behavior, under h-.pfr ot a fo nul 1 w'i'-
ra ion, according as They carried themfclvls (wnichwr.ru/uil! doiib: ha.h
fcmewh* k :pr them in) they have venred fo many ETO^, He-red s &c.
what will ' h; y nor fall ro, wh^n rhey are for rHf mfelv ee, and :n be p tlVlHon
of aTolerarion? This Land is b-.come alreidy in m;Myy fLces a Ch«os, a
B*brl, anorher *s4™ftcrdArn , yes, worfe, we arebe^o d r ar, and in the
hij.-h way to Munfttr (if God prevtnr it nor) but if a^.ncr'l loLration
(houla be ?r*nted/omuch wrirren and ftoud foi, En^U i w>u!d q'»ukly be
come i SodcM) an Egypt, Babyt », yea, worfe then all rh f . Ceri ii. ly, ** it
would be ?he moft provoking fin agiioft God hit ever Parliament was
gu 1 y of in this Kingdom , like ro that of Jeroboam, ro cue ir off and to de-
Itroy icfrom che face ot the cmh : fo it would p;ovc ihc taufe and fount in
Hh of
5 8 i^sf Catalogue and Difcowry of
of allkindeef damnable Herefies and Blafphemies, loofe and ungodly pra-
ftiky, bi ter and unnatural div.fions in families and Churches : Ic would de
ft rcy all Religion, and as Polutheifm among the Heathen brought in Athtifm,
fo would many Religions bring in none among us : let but the Reader well
review and confider of ail the Heccfies, Bhfphemies,Praftifes laid down in
this Book, all broached and acted in England within thefe four laft yccrs, yea
more efpecially within this laft yeer ; and if one man hath obferved and ga
thered fo much, what Armies of bhfphemy and monftrous Herefies are there
think we, if all that have been vented were drawn into one Synopfis ? Ex
ungttl leonemt we may guefle by a part at the whole, and yet all thefc would
be as nothing to what a legalToleration within a few yecrs would brirg forth:
Error, if way be given to it, knows no bounds, i: is bottomleffe, no m ,n could
fay how far England would go, but like Afriea it would be bringing forth
Monfters every day j a Toleration, like Opportunity, would make many Hete-
ticks, cauremany to broach and fall toihat which they never meant; God
appointed Government, both Ecclcfiaftical and Civil, to reftrain mens nanire
and wantonneffe, as knowing what men would fall to, that there would be
no end of his follies and madneffe if tolerated. Should any man fcvcn yeers
ago have faid that of many in England, (which now all men fee) that many
of the Profeflors and people in England (hall beArrian?, Anti-Trinitarians,
Anti-Scripturifts, nay, blafpheme, deride the Scriptures, give over all prayer,
hearing Sermons, and other holy duties, be for Toleration of all Religions,
Popery, Bhfphemy, Atheifm, it would have been faid, Itcannotbe -. And the
perfons who now are fain, would have faid as H.izaeJ, Are tye dogs that \*e
fko ft Id Aofttcb things? and yet we fee itisfo: And what miy we thank for
this, but liberty, impunity, and want of Government ? We have the pbgue of
Egypt upon us, "Frogs out of the bottomldTe pic covering our Land, coming
into our Houfes, Bed-chambers, Beds, Churches ; a man can hardly come
into any place, but feme croaking Frog or other will be coming up upon
him.
A Toleration is the grand defigne of the Devil, hisMafter-peece and cheif
Engine he works by at this time, to uphold his tottering Kingdom ; it is the
moR compendious, ready, fure way to deftroy all Religion, lay all waftr, and
bring in all evil ; it fc a moft tranfcendent, Catholike, and/Fundamental evil,
for this Kingdom of any that can be imagined : As original fin is the moft
FundarF;entilfin,alifin; having the Seed and Spawn of allinic : So zTolc-
rs.iion hath all Errors in it, and all Evils, it is agiinft the whole dream and
current of Scriprurebcth in the Old and New Teftament, both in matters of
Faith and manners, both general and particular commands j it overthrows
all relations, both Political, Ecclefiaftical, and Oeconomical ; and whereas
other
Errors of the Sectaries. 59
other evils, whether Errors ot judgement orpraclife, be but againft fome
one or few places of Scripture or Relation, this is againft all, this is the Abad
don, Apolljon, the deftrayer of all Religion, the Abomination of Defolation
and Aftonifamenr, the Liberty of Perdition (as Anftinc calls it) and therefore
the Devil follows it night and day, working mightily in many by writing
Books for it, and other waycs , all the Devils in Hell, and their Inftruments,
being at work :o proinote a Toleration.
There hive been more Books writ, Sermons Within the fpace of fi?eor
preached , words fpoken , befides plotings and j« daya there came out five
adings for a Toleration, wirhin thcfe four laft ?£},' that. l faw', C1fhec
& , r ti L L- wholly or m part, pleading
veers, then for all other things, every day now for Toleration, Toleration
brings forth Books for a Toleration. The Devil juftified.
for fome thoufands of ycers had not found out this Additional Rcafons to th«
Engine, nor nudeufeof it tofupport his King- M^iftcnal Lett«r.
dom • we (hall never read of it in the Old Teftamenr, nor finde it pleaded
bythefalfe Prophets and Idolaters againft thofe Kings that punifhed them
for their dreams and falfe prophecies, faying, It u our consciences, and men
wghtiut to be troubled for their conferences, my, the greateft patrons of Li
berty of Conscience do confefTe, it was not then ; men might be punifhed un
der the Old Teftament by the Civil Magiftrate for
their falfe Worfhips and Doftrine ; but * it is the * BUody Tenet Preface.
will and command of God (intre the coming of his Divine obfcrvations «n the
Son the Lord Tefus, a permiflion of the moft Pa- Minift"$ Lett,er' c
at -rL -r i -n_ \ • L /!• r- «*r. Burroucbes Sermon be-
o i, Jewifh Tu.kifti, or Ant.chr.ftian confci- forc the Hoi/eof ?ecrs
ences and worihips be granted to all men in all Mr. SAltaurJh Smoke in the
Nations and Countries ; but upon the coming of Temple.
Chriftin theflcfh, that the lying Oracles were
diffolved, and that voice heard chit the great God Pun was dead, and the
Devil finding his Kingdom weakned in the wotlJ by the fall of chofe Oracles,
and by fo mmy being converted to the Faith of Chrift by the Apoftles, and
diily likely to be more and more ; the Devil then beftirred himfelf, and fee
pretended Liberty of Conscience on foot , after the experience of fome theu-
fands of yeers in the world, as the moft powerful and likely means to recover
and ftrengthen his Kingdom, and hath ever fince from time to time made ufe
of this Engine, efpecially in times of Reformation and pi aces where he is a
caftin? out, ufingthis pretence of Liberty of Confcience, as a means either to
keep his own poflefllon, or being caft out to enrer in again. The firft time we
read of Satans making ufe of this plea of Liberty , in his Instruments and
Minifters, is in 2 Pet. 2. 19. where the Apoftle (hews the falfe Teachers that
brought in damnable Hcrefies, did tell them of liberty, tyhile they promifi
Hh 2
60 A Cata'ti m And Di (cowry of
tlem liberty, and R>vel,2. 14 15,20. where fome learned Intercreet s u> on
that ptac. ihcw, ihar^/%d^/ and ihofe other lalfe Teachers d-d i-nder pre
tence of Cnriitsan iiber.y, flnce ChnlU coming, a; d under the Gofpt!, liif vv
them alawfu.r fleof community of Wives and of eating things facrifLd to
Uuls i and evtrnV'Ce inkveral ag^s of the Church, theDeviiha hin-prtv d
ir, more snd more ^ he hath ken ms advantages, andihe rimes back ng it :
HeftiO'gly fvc it oi'foocm «,hepr muive times by the Di.natift^, and o her
Heietii ks. and in later ages by tht Anabapuft ., Famil ft- ., Arminians, Socini-
ans, and inour daycs by alltheStftaries, now b llirr.ng him kit to keep a
Footing m thi* Kingdom Sy Tulerat on, yt H, being wroih at his carting out in
Popery, Suptifti ion, PiiLty, he ilnves and tndeavo;s by this pretended
librrtj of C'/nfciemf t r.o tnicr in with (even otuer fpirits more v\ icked then
before, and to dwell nere, a' d to make the 1.4t < ft ue of England vvorfe then
ti:t fi.ih And therefore Ihu-prrhe Pjrliamen , AiTembly, M?niiters, Cirvt
ard Uie whole Ki< g^<'m, tonfidcfi g the evil *>f a Toleration, Will cry ie
down, and abomitiare f he very thought of if. And truly, when I read ever
aidcotiLdt r! v r«l p ff ges tnmanv t>t che P^rliamenr RemoT flranccs, De-
chradurs, Mc(Tig<s, O umancts, Pio eftanon, ye-, joynt Dv.-il.ratu Hand
Covenant oi bu:h Ku gdoT * made to he moft high Ood, the Ku g, the Kmg*
domof Scftltnd, hcfibj d: of Ev^lmd, theRetormed Chu chts, ye», arid
to the whok woild 'or vhfprffeiva ion ol theReformrd Pro tftant Religi
on, ard rhat nor oncly sgair ft Paj ft , Poj ery, but agui, ft Sccl rie.s Schiim,
and a!! Heretic*, and that the principal and main grcu; d of all this w«ron
tht Parliaments ntrt, hachbecriifce fecurirg and prefcrvtng the Refor?-i,e<l
Religion, prof fl' d ard miinraintd in the Reformed *. h»rche«, ( a'.l wh; h
par'icular« fj' hiuily r»arif«ribec cu c>t th Rerroi ftrarc- «?, Declaratior«- & .
I fhal! fetdcwn in a Trifta't 3g ir ft ToltratioP, which I intend fp^ediiy ro
fet for h) I c^n never Dilteve « t e Parliament w 11 ev< r rran* a Tclerarion. or
hearken ro PeHn^ns of rhar na un,, si:;d that their piou? R«frlur>ons my be
ehe more confirmed and ftrtngthred agiirft alh-he fpeciou* pretence^, <nd
plaufible Reafons bou^h* by ; he Shanes fora Toler-arjon, I tli II wuh all
fpeed prefenr the Honorable Hviiits wuh certain corfk'erations Theological
ar.d Pmden ial agiinii a Toleration, wirh an an'.wer to ?!i tl^e rnoft plaunbk)
grjd prad-^cal iVe,ifons given by the Sectaries , in the rm-an tm Ileave!hi$
fad confide nrion againtt Tole'a ion to be ferioi«fl; thought u on, what a To
leration vull bring forth, when as ? cornivancf hath occafioned fc many Er
rors, Herefies and BLfphemie* a« are contained in rhi* Catalogue.
4. Cor#l. Hence all men may Ce a? in a tlear gbfle wi-ar Independency is,
that hath brought forth in a few yeer« in £W.i#^fuch Monft.rs of Errors as
arc oaraed^n this Catalogue -, mwft vt ihe perfons who venttd thefe Opinions,
and
Erf or s *f iht Srff*rtes. 6 1
ard are riinfubt Anabiprift?, Seekers, Arnans, yea, Anci->,cnptunlis, being
within chefe five or fix yeers Independents and of the Church. waj. The
tree is kno^r> bythejruirt and a guod trpc cannot briny forth evil fruit, and fo
we may j d.eot theittdepintrent-Wuy bythcfef utrs, and obfcrvc how far
\\ vc proceeded, ar-d what degrees they have taken, even pfr
in a fhort time : We may by this Catalogue Ice the truth of ihis
of bv tmny D. virus, both Fithcrs and
* v.odern Writers, that SchiPn mikes way [o * Jmcf. Ctf. Q>nf.l. i.c.it,
Hcrtfi •, ind •>< pardon from the Church to S. pa- Scbtlm^ v.amfucit ad Hxrtfn
ra ion t om rhe H-'td, m--n f.l'Jng to ilu', not °" *</«^"W» «C*"J'«-
MM»fth*htjdtC0lof.l. 19* O ihe fad ard Wulul tfF.fVs of Independenc »
as m all places where ever tt hath been fctua , as A>* En^hnA, Hgtcrdw,
tsf.nfterdam, Bnrmndots • (ompn^lanfl, where witliin thefe tour yeers it
ha !i piodaced a no gpctions at coumcd Religion-, more damnable Herefies,
ftru: gv Opinions *eartul D.vifion?, loofL-ntfTtf ot life and manners, then tv r
h;Vt been in all he Reformed Cnurches of rtie Presb)terial vviy above four-
fcor€^eer«. Irdeptndemy in En^U»d\^ the mo.hc.r,nurfe, a. dpatroncfle of
al. efftt-j Ei ror« , they arc dli her danglers, and
*l»f ftfeu> arid tail h rmo-her :Th I ftMrriorfl National Synod at chr<t-
&\nod fu-Mcn in Frwe dnhre* , T'«*t the Sett t*™**™0 ^*
cj Indrp ndcnrs vf*.s .t %atc to #3 Qietf of Si*g»l*ritics and Extrava
t-k,i»v a^ity all nt-s. -s -f nj remedy totbf evil, it was the frying of a great
Setl it v , / 'i*t !rdrp»n '<€icj ts the iuor to let in tn ^.^y^pt^'m^ and Anakaptifm
W^> the door tol.t t^tat^e Trwh, rotattingrha from therce rhey would coirfl
toheSe- ktf* P. tkft.lt ,<*r. Ir.df r>..ndcncy and other Seds are fo neerof
bloo.l, vkir a nunm-if for them, ll p\rr without an\ g'ejc Solecifmfay, In-
A-p-n-ittiCy K all Seftdrifm, a«d all Srft iri.'m u Ind pen i'ncy ; Iniepcndems
turn AMabip ifts, Deckers, &;. and St^ tits ruri Indcpendeo s : We fove
n j^- few Indep, nde.i « (;.,(.},. f:> r i;cj ) fji]C ir.d^ endenc Anrmomiins,
Ind perdent Ana'np'ft , ^e^kt-r^ <^-. or rather men mule up of all theO,
I idcpendency, Arftinom?3nif,T), P>ro vnifm, Ambaptifm, Ltbernnifm, foth^c
Independency «9 become a con p urd of many Errors, a> d if Indt pendency
ouldoncegeraTolcrition, w. (h-iuld then fecit fpeakouc to purpofc. And
a< Ind-'pendency is in this fcr.feall Krror, being rhe grear caufeof rhem, TO
m.ny Errors are for Independency,. rh-rj\ rfieloveof Errors c^ufes m'jny
to Secome Independents, wan-on witted t)en who are confcious to them-
f-lvesof finguhrities and novj FS, wh:c;\ t^ey feir will not be rolenred in
a commuoion and confocijtion, neither can chev make them goid before •
Svnod, out of fondneflf; to the<f opinions, do stf.d fucij a w»y, which m-y
ticmpt them if OJD all danger oi c.ftuire, and fo many Errors turn rolrd .
A Catalogue and Difcovtry of
pendency as b Jng a way to (\ve them harmldfe, and Independency falls to all
kindeof Errors, and from one to another, and that becaufe it declines the
remedy and means God ruin appointed for preferving from Errors. And as
Independency is the iroiher and original of other Seels, fo 'tis che nurfe and
pitroneflfe rhac nurfes and fafeguards chem ; how do all Errors take fanctuary
in Independency, flic thuher and arefafe, as the Chickens under the wings
of the Hen ; all 5,ectiries pleading they sre Independents, that being now
their Sword 2nd Buckler, Ii.dependems and other Sectaries, Anibaptifts, A: -
tinomiins, Seekers,^", hold together, make one body againft the Orthodox,
godly, ftriftMiniftcrs and people. Tis wonderful to think how in all places
the Independents countenance, plead for, and protect the reft of the Sects :
J could name divers Independents who in Pulpits have pleaded for Anabar>,
t'fts, Antinomians : I could tell the Reader many ftorie?, how by the means
of Independents many great Sectaries have been brought off when in quefti-
on, and how by reafonof them, all remedies and wayes thought upon and
drawn up by the Affembly, for the preventing the growth and increafe of
Anabaptifts, &c. have come to nothing, asalfohow never yet any complaint
came to the Aflfembly, or motion was made there agaitft the vildeft Sectary,
but fom« Independent fpoke for them, (of which I could give many parti
cular inftancesj and though not alwaycs directly, yet finding fault with the
modtu procedcndi, and objecting ftilf againft one thing or other. And 'tis to
beobfervedof the Independents here in England, how notwithftanding all
kinde of falfe Doctrines are broached and rife among the people j yet they
fddome or never (tfpecially of lace) preach agiinft them, or write againlt
them ; they will not lofe a parry, or oflknd any fort of Sect though it be for
God, and for this tru'h ; heretofore fomt of the old Independents and
Brownifts , did good fervice this way in writing againft the Anabaptifts,
Arminians : As Ainj^eorth9 Jobnfon, and efpectally Mifter Robinfon, and fo in
Ncty England they were zualous againft F-jmilifts, Antinomians, &c. But now
all the Independents of SngLmd gent -rally fay not a word againlt them, but
fide with thesi, (land up for them : I know not a man of all the Independents
in England (excepting one) that appears either in preaching or any other way
againft them • but they with the reft of the Sectaries are folded together as
thorns, and are joyned clofe as the fcaks of the Leviathan. And of this one
example, look upon Matter Burton, a man who in the Bifihops dayes was fo
zealous againft falfe Doctrine, as Arminianifm, points of Popery, any corrup
tion and innovation in Worfhip, tha: he was all on fire againft them, and no
Book that came from a Bifhop or his Chaplain, though but a touch of Error
in it, could efcape his Pulpit and Pen; ye?, he would ftrain and aggravate
every fentence and phrafe, interpreting all in the worfe fenfc ; but now he
can
Errors of the S eft tries. 6$
canbefilent enough againft his Brethren the Sectaries, and hath not in the
growth and increafe of all the damnable Errors and Herefks, far worfe then
Coftns Devotions, Jackjo»s Arminianilm, Montagues Popery, Bifliop Lauds
Alcars, and bowing at the N-tme of /'/«*, Preached any Sermons or Printed
any Books againft them that ever 1 heard or : he can now let the Doctrines
againft Gods eternal election, of univerfal redemption, free-will and the
power of men by nature, &c. go ur. questioned, never Preaching, nor writing
againft, or complaining to the Parliament of there things (though in Prim tea
Books and in daily Sermons, as by Den, Lam, the Author of a Book cali'd
Thefulnefie of tk: love of God^ and many others thefe Doctrines are main
tained far more grtfl/ then they were by the Bifhops and their Chaplains)
nay, though damnable Hercfks and Blafphemies are vented in Printed Bocks,
as The Pilgrimage of the Saints^&e. and in the meetings of the Sectaries,
againft the Divinity of Chnft, denying the Scriptures to be the Word of
God, &c. yet we he.tr no noife of Mafter Burton, nor none of his Brethren ;
no appealing to the Parliament from any Committees, as from the Bifhops to
the King, no out- cries, no Book written of the Errors, Innovations, Blafphe-
mies 01 thefe times, as he did of the times of the BiflKops. f am perfwaded,
if the Bifhops and their Chaplains had vented bu: the twentieth part of thofe
dimnable Hcrefics BUfphemies, which his Brethren the Sectaries that arc
againft Presbyterul Government, hive done, the man out of his zeal, in thofe
times would have b.eu ready like Thincbat to have run ;hcm through, and
have furred Uf> the devout people to hive ftoned them for BLfphemtrs, al-
kdging that Scripture in the Old Teftamen: of ftoning Blafpheraers Lrvir.
24. li, 12, CT-£. But alas, all the tru;h the poor man is now capable of, are
his Church-way Teners , and his oppofing the Prc byterial Governmenf,
Thi/s Truth [but eu: of Doers, Thit'a Truth ft ill ^ rhov^h font cxt of D^&rs, as
appears by his two late Pamphlets : All Mr. Bxrtons Truths arc, '/« IduUtrj^
nay \\orfe then idol* try to ft. -tit upox Parliament And Afientbl) for Reformation :
Tk*t it it ncCtjJAry to Salvation to he ]^jneJi in CtWckfcHoVrfbip, &c. But I
wonder when we fhall have a Tractate from him, or any of his Brethren
againft the Arminian and ^ocinian Tcnents, or againft the Anabaptift?, Anti-
nomians and Seekers, orfuch a Tractate, as thir, A Catalogue anddifcoverj
of the Herefies, Errors and B/a(phemies of thefe times. I will tell the Reader
a ftory which 1 had from a good hand, an car-wiweflc of it, and fometimes an
old friend of Mr. Burtons, that about fourteen moneths ago, Mr. 'Burton hear
ing of. \4S' fobnGoodVpins preaching his Errors of juftifkation ; Mr. Burton
faid, I will preach publikely againft them, thefe Errors are no: to be endured :
Whereupon an Independent being by, one Mr. C. faid to him, O pray fir do
not; (hall two fuch famous men as you two fall out, and preach one againft
another ?
CfitA\6g*t A*d D Iwvtr ' if'
tnothei ? Vvh*t a Icand*! will this be, and wiuc hurt will it Co m mi'; rinio ?
Whereup»tj Mr. 'Burtons z.-al was cooled, and preacheu not , gaUift airn, as J
was informed j and Mr. Goodwin in one of his A jfwcis sgairft Mi. P?ynnet
fpe<iking of Mr. Tltirton, culls him, My Bio^er 'Svrtott, and IS r. 'Button pu.s
i: up, and never writ a Book to vindicate h;m(eH from rhat afptrfion of bting
Bi'Oiher ;o Mr. (joodtiin, who holds fuch Doctrine* ir. puint of juft.fication,
( .!.«fome times he called damnable, and accounted M»ftcr Goodwin little better
then a Heredck for holding chen»,) I am confides h-..d >ny other man, who
had not been an Independent, as B di^>p Half, or one ot his Cruplains, hold
ing far fmaller Errors then M;. Goodfrin doth, c-lltd Mi. Button Brother,
the man next day would have made a Strmon cf it to wipe c ff the Afpeifion,
and inveig!itd againft -rum for calling him Bro her, snd would openly have
diicLtimtd the kinred, yea, hcwoulti have gone t;cer 10 have writ a Book
npon it, that fuch men Iliould ».all him Boh r, and thereupon have dtcb.r^A
himfcU agaii/ft their orinion«, as tht H»crai thy, Cerfmor;ie:5 &c. Butw^ (ce
what Independency i-, 'Hatg.vts $. q*it.tHt tft ro all Errors , though in Do-
ftrine, yea, in the D cl.inei cf J^ftihcarioii, the Grace of God, c^*'. And
truly I look upon it a* a ngtre^us hand of God upon the Independents in
Engird, to let the fword be upon their right eye, and to take away all zeal
from them in matters of Doft.'inr, for their oppofing theGovcr-iment cf the
Reformed Churches , and feparating from their communion by fetting up
particular Churches of rheir own, and for their hindering all mann r uf
w:yes the Reformaiion fo long dtfired and prayed for. ]n a word, iv< may
thank Independency and Independents for all thefe Errors, Htrtfi s, Bl^f*
phem^es, and jll other evils in our Crurch, as being thecaufe of their R f%
Growth, Increafe, and Continuance among us : And I do here as a Minuter
of Jefui £kriPy charge upon the Confidences of the Independents, all rfe
confufions and mifcheifs we He under; as having b- en the great n=ejns of
hindring and delaying rhefe lirgoi Church Gove'nmerr, ketpirgali th ngs
loole, that fo :hey m'ght the better fifli in troubled waters ; as havingftiengrh-
ned thehards ol the Sectaries by (landing for them in all pl-.cts, andbriig-
ingrhem«ff danger; as conftantly npptfi gall vv ayes and rrears propound
ed for ftp pr fliig of them, being ccnrtnr rather that Go "sGlon, Name,
and! ruth (h.uld fuflVr, thoufandsof fcu^s per (b and all Rel*?icnbe ruintd,
by all kindeot aboniinibie Blafphemies.d ^rrnable Hcrefies, w k- d Prftifrs,
tken thar their cwn interefts and way fhcu!d be in the K aft ki de prejudiced :
O had there bt en any true zeal in them to the glory of God, or love ol Trurh,
and the fouls of People-, tht.y could not have endured r*> have feen all thefe
evils hut would tather have* h girded ihepenfhing <f themfclves and their
Independent way, then to have been upheld with the diftionor oi Cod, the
many Ernttrs of the Sectaries. 6 5
lotfe ot his Truth, and fo many other mifcheifs as they have been the caufe of :
And therefore, though the Independents wipe their mouths with the Harlot
in the Proverbs, and fay, Tkey have done no WicJ^fd^ejfe j and wich Piiats
walli their hands of all our Errorf, Blafphemies, &c. yec let them know
they have been guilty of the lolTe of the opportunity of a through Reforma
tion, which we might have had fome yeers ago, and of all the evils that hive
come in upon us like afloodfince: And I am confident (without great re
pentance) God will require it at their hands ; and however, now whileft
they have the appliufe ct the people, the favor of many great ones, getting
places of honor, profir, (hining, and waxing far, they are no: fenfible : Yet
when ihey (hall come to die, and are going into another world, thefe things
may trouble them, and be fet in order before them. And that the Independ
ents may lay it to heart, I can aflfure them I am nor alone of this minde, that
they are the caufe, and have much to anfwer for ; but others, yea, and their
friends think fo too : For proof, I (hall relate the words cf a prime Member
of the Atfembly, (a moderate Learned man, a great friend of theirs j and
if 1 (hould name him, thcrnfelves and all orhers would fay fo too) fpeken to
me in the hearing of a Member of the Afllmbly, ind at other times to others,
yea, to fome of the cheif Independents themfelves, fas he told me) That
they had keen the caufe of fowttchhurt, that unlejfe God Vtere the more merci
ful, all \\iould he ruined • and that the Kin^dtm hud better have given every one
of them a hundred thottj and found* man, then they i\i d returned into it. And
therefore Mr. Burroughs and orher of his fellows '" foad of that prayer in
the Epiftle Dedicatory before his late Sermon Preached to the Houfe of Peers,
O Lord, thefearcher »f the fecrets of hearts, than fyoWeft not one I j our dc (ires
but onr painful fincertendemvors, &c. may fmitc upon rhe thigh and make this
Prayer , O Lord, than k»oKe(l and Ke mufl needs cenftfc, \*e have kindred (he
formation af thu Church, and delayed bj all meant pofftblc thefctlinref the
Government, Vehaveftopt all proceedings again!} Anabaprfis *«d other Setta-
rtfj, refufwg to eonfent to fttch Rules and Means agreed en by the Affemblj
Which might have frevented their growth : Wf,Lord^ve talked of peace love
fclf- denial, truth-, but behave caufed divifton, mxltiplicatien of Errors- toe
have fought great things for our [elves ; through our mt*ns,Lirdshi**s are \ornc
to thu fadpafre : O ! Vehat /ball Vee do ?
j. Coral. Hence then from all thefe Errors, Herefie?, ^. broached in
£ngUnd, within thefe few yeer?, we may learn what an aftive, reRkfll-, fub-
fpint the Devil »; how he compaffn the eanh to and fro, trysail
lortsof men, watches all opportunities, works all waycs, and makes ufr of
all times to uphold his Kingdom ; and when he c3n no longer do thin*» one
way, then he will try mother j if he becaft cue of a King-fo;^ or perfcn
I i
Catalogue and Di[e<wery of
at the foredoor, he will come in again at the back; and when he cannot work
any more by one fort of men, then he will by another, coming to Chnrt in
P-etex, and in an As gel of light : And though he have received many lofler,
yet he will never give out, as 'tis in that parable, Mattk.n* 43,44,45.
When the tint l(au (pirit x gor.e out of A man, he Walks through dry places, feel^-
ing reffi And-findetk none : Then he faith, I \\illreturn into my houfefrom Whence
Jta'me'vut, and^ottb Andtakfthftith himfelf feven otker jpirits more ^ick^ed
then kimfclf) and they enter in anddtiell there : and in Matfh. 1 3, 24 25. wht*
ffoidfeed ufoVtn in the field, Vekile men Jleep the de
vil ttitt fott> tares Among the Wheat. ( a) The odor et
hath an excellent obfervation , thit Confta»tinc
coming to be Emperor, the Sacrifices of the Hea
then gods were by his command put down, and
Houfcs were built for the Worfhipof God, and
the Minifters of Chriil were had in great honor
andrefpeft; and chofe whoufed them contume-
iioufly, were threatned to be fever el y pumftied :
So that things being in fuch a condition , the
mindesof the Chriftian* were filled with joy and
content, and their enemies with forrow and fad-
neffe. But the Devil, that wicked and envious
fpirit, when he faw the ft ate of the Church of
God to be fo happy and profperous, he could not
endure it: But begins to thii.k upon fubtile and
peftikntCouncels, fearching diligently all ktnde
ofwayes, by which he might wholly overthrow
it. For when he perceived that the Error of the
Gentiles was difcovered, and the many deceits of
the Devils cleerly apprehended , and the Crea
ture by moft men accounted BO longer worthy of
any Worship, bat the Creator worshipped and
feivtd in (lead of the Creanire : He did not from
that time openly fight againftGod and our Savi
our, but finding fome men in name Chriftians,
though indeed fervants of ambition and vain
glory, he began to ufe tht-m as his inftrusnents
very fit to bring about his deceitful works. And
by their help he brought many into the old Error,
not that he did bring them to WorQiip the Crea-
tjre sgiin ; bu: he fo wrought, that the Creator
and
(aj Tbcodoret Hijl. Ecdcf.
lib z ctp.z. lrernm nequnm&
in vidut damon, generis bwnxiii
fcrnicics, cuw ftntum Ecclefix
Dti tiimfecundoac projpcro Jitttu
ferri ccrnerct, uullo modo pati
fotuit, jedfubdolt At pcftifcr*
cvnfilia excogitare capit, omnef-
quc fedulo perveftigdvit modos
quibus a.m tarn pr&clare a,b u-
nivcrfitztu opificc (? mod.erj.to -
YC gubcrtiaum pcnitus cvcrte-
ret ; iiam cum animndverteret
gcntilitim enoremfuis integu-
mentis, evolututn, & vartw ac
multiplied Ttammwn fraudcs
ferfyicue deprcbenfas, <& crci-
turam 4 qutm pliirimif vuU<t
Amyliut dignatam venerationc^
fed pre ilia creatorcm lauds &
yrAconik celcbratum, id eirco
dcinceps non aperte contra. Dcunt
et fervnto'fcm noftnwi helium
<iere, ftd cum homines quofdum
vmim quidcm ffiriftianos, re
tamen ipfa. ambitionis & intons
florix fervos rspcriffet, bu tan -
yum inftrumentk ad fuos vete-
rutorios conatiu perficieiidos
vilde jdovcif uti capit. At^'.ic
ifariw opera comp lures in ve
teran iiiditxit errorvn iitm quod
ereMnram demo foli efficiebat,
fed quod, in cs>mpAr&~jit ut ir«z-
Hr ty opiftx mundi in eodem
eumir.uturA ordine conftitue-
ntitr..
maty Errtrs of the Setfaries. 6-j
and Maker of the W«jrld was placed in the fame rank with the Creature :
^frrlw and his followers denying Chnft to be very God, and God
HT.nrially.
( b) fheodoret relates mary excellent things of {V Tbeod. Hift. Ea-lef. 4f>
Tktodrfiw che Emperor ( ilm6him, MmirMu «?•*<>. «f.ij,i6.
eft I».pe>atcr) s notonely forbidding the woifhipping of the Heathen god*,
and ih..tii«g up Jieii Icmplt* as Conflantine the Great did, but wholly
racing clem to i h ground, as his making a Law to fupprefle the meet ngs of
the Hereticks, as h\s writing to Valcntinian the Emperor, &c. yet he (hews
how in his p.ffion he committed a cruel and
wicked fad, and his (c) obfeiva;ion upon that, is, (c) Tbco. Ectlcf. Hift. lilt.
ihoueh Theodofiiu was fo admirable an Emperor, *: s\l6- yerur* «"«'«»»»;.
S. , nu btuuni earcru tdvcrftfti
and defc rv.d fo much praife : yet to efcape all the mdioUtg £„ nm ad(t^
fnares of rhat common adv. rfary or maokiode, is ieeft • nma»i morbum intern-
not fo eafic ; for he thatefcapes one, as intempe- pcruiti* cffugcrit idem avvri*
rancy , may be taken and held in the cord of *'<* /rff«« imtim tcnsttr.
coveteonfneffe • and if he have the viftory on Vide^kwitti.
rhar, then the Devil hith another way, envy may
undo him ; and if he overcome envy, then anger may finde him out. And to
conclude, the Devil layes for man infinite temptations, by which he may
bring him to deftru&ion ; and if one will nor, he then tryes another, and he
hath the perturbations and diftempcrs of the body
fcrvinghis temptations. (d) * fi$ a fuyingof Luther, fd) Sata* fuxrit qua ptrtc
That tht ?)fvil feck* about in frhat part of the htd^e fa™ fa tllimt trMfeeudert^
he may go mof <*filj over , ^d Vratchs *dv**t*w J"' /JJ*"* ^^T"
, v/7i^ / / i- / ., currum tojht cvertcrc. Luth.
01 Vehat frajes he may overturn the bending 09v»t*g
Chariot. And we finde it by experience in England, how fince the Reforma
tion began in the firft and fecond yeers cf the Parliament, wherein we
thoughc the Dtvil had, and fhould have been caft out of £nglatidy what frefh
footing he hath got aga-in. O, many of us when we (aw Satan begirt > fall
like lightning in the throwing down of Images, Altars, and many othef
Superftitions, in the breaking the power of the Hierarchy, in the putting out
of irany Idol fcandalous Minifters eipecled a bUflVd rime, and rmde ac
count we fhould now be troubled no more with falfe Doctrines, as Armini-
anifm, &c. wirh corruptions in Worfhip, with falfe Prophets; we made
account the Winter was paft, and the deluge of Hercfie, Error was ever, and
that the time cf thefinging of the Birds was come, and the Land Chould be
no more drowned : But we now fee by this Catalogue and Difcovery, that
the Devil hath recovered himfelf, and fetup his Kingdom by other kindeof
Inftrumen:s, and in another way then heretofore : And I am confident that
I « » for
68 v_^f Catalogue And Difcove ry of
for theprefent, the Devil hatii gained more in the matter of falfe Doctrine,
Diiordcr, Deformation, Anarchy, andLiberunifm, then he loft in the Re
formation by putting down of many Popsfn Errors, Superftitious Piactifes,
and Tyrannies : yea, J think it may be faid fafefy, that the Devil hath had a
more plentiful harveft this Jaft yeer in England, then ever in any one yeer
fifice the Reformation : nay, certainly more damnable Doctrines, Herefies,
and Blafpheraie?, have been of late vented among us, then in fourfcore yeers
before : fo that we fee in all thefe great changes , how the Devil hath btftir-
red hiflifclf, and what improvements he hath made of thefe times, raifmg up
new inftrumenrs to do his work , and making ufe «f the pride, vain- glory,
caveteoufnefle, ambition, loofneffe, wantonneffe of men, to keep Gods Houle
from being built, and in t-he mean time to build up his own with both
hands.
.6. Cora/. Hence then from all thefe Errors, Herefie?, &c. we may learn
what a weak and deceitful argument that of New Light and New Truth is to
commend any way or opinion* by unto men, and what the New Light of thefe
times (fo much talked of) is: There's hardly anyone of thefe hundred
threefcore and fixteen Errors, no, nor of the wotft among them all, but have
b<en vented and held out under this Argument of New Light, and difcovery
oi ; fame glorious Truth, nothing being fo common in the mouths of all the
Sectaries for their Opinions as a New Light and New Truth : Thofe txvo
damnable Herefies of holding there if hut one per fon in the *D ivine 2fy tare,
And that Chrifts Humane Nature is defiled Vfith Original fin at Wett at e»rst
have been prefled with much hear, as a glorious Difcovery of a N-ew Light-,
as the, Reader may finde in the firft Printed Letter of this Book -, fo that
wicked Doctrine of the Toleration of a/I "Religions } the Devils great Engine,
and then which he never invented a wickeder, is
By one .Tutbil Primed a- called New Light and New Truth, in a Book enti*
fcput two yeers ago. tnlcd , Mjftcriow Kingdom difcevertet, and fo
there is a Book named, A difcovery of tfeVa Light, wherein all the Errors and
Principles of the Old Brownifts way are laid down : And as our Sectaries ufe
to Chriften all their Errors wiih thenameof NewLighr, fo have Hereticks,
and Sectaries heretofore. Servettts that Blafphemous Heretick called his
Herefics by the Name of Reftitttth Ckriftianifmi : And therefore in one word
let Chriftians fufpect and be afraid of the New Lights and New Truths of
thefe times, which in ftead of light are Egyptian darknefTe, and blackneflk of
darknefle. Tor my own part I muft profefe, though I have traded in, and
look? into moil of the opinions of thefe times, (as well as fome other men,)
their grounds, that of all the new Opinions cryed up thefe five Jaft
Light and New Truth, I cannot finde one of them, but ehher
Errturs of the Sectaries. 69
is an old Error long ago condemned, though now revived, or fife tNew
Error lately invented, the Authors of them being in chat Catalogue of Saint
y<*»/, Inv?nterfof evil things, Rom. I. 30.
7. Coral. Hence then from all this dilcourfe of the Errors, Opinions, and
Praftiles of thefe times j we may fee the true reafon and ground of that great
growch and increafeof the Sectaries among us, and why to many daily fall to
that party and way, and fo few to the Presbyterians ; namely, becaufc many
of the Opinions and Practifes Uid down in this Catalogue, arcfopleifing to
6efti and blood, andfaitable to one or other corrupt principle in mans na
ture ; whereas Presbyrerial Government, and the Dodrine of the Reformed
Churches goes againft the grain, and erodes mens luft?. I might infhnce in a
hundred of the opinions, belides pradifes mentioned in this Catalogue;
chofe of Antinomianifm, thofeof the power of man by nature co beleevf, of
Umvcrfal Grace, of making Reafon the ground of Faith, &c. and (hew how
they anfwer co, and feed the carnal hearts of mtn, and have fomething to fit
all mens humors ; but I will name onely thefe following.
i. That liberty they allow to all forts of men to Preich, and erercife their
gifts in pubhke,and to queftion and obj.d openly agiinft what their Mimfters
deliver.
'a. That Liberty of Confcience (as 'tis call'd) and a Toleration of til
opinions, that a man may hold and vent what he pleafe, and may not be trou
bled by the Civil Magiftrate.
3. Their declaring againft tithes and certain fetled maintenance of Mini-
ftcrs as unlawful, yea, Jewifh and Antichriftian.
4. Their holding of Popular Government , the power and cxercife of
Church Government to be in the hands of the people , and not of the
OlHcers.
5. Their maintaining of Independency and entirenefle of power in every
particular Congregation : So that they are tot to be fub/ed to Clafles, Sy
nods, forCenfures and Jurifdidion.
6. The holding thofe Joofe opinions, That God loves me« as well finning as
praying: Thar Gods children need not to be tronbled for fin, or to mourn,
coi.icffe, pray for pardon of fin.
7. The pleading againft fellowfhip in holy things \vich any but vifib/c
Saints as unlawful, which carries with it a great (hew of holincfle and
zeal.
8. The beletving thofe opinions of the perfonal vifible raign of Chrifl,
that outward glorious Kingdom which (hall be on earth, unro which and
many more opinions , there being added in. thefe times the pradifes and allow
ance of long hair, all fcinde of fafhions irhapparel, liberty of fports and game*
heretofore
jo A Catalogue And Difcovtry of
heretofore denied, and free and frolick kinde of living, noc fo (ir ct :?nd pre*
cife as in former times, together with great Otiices and Alices oi hcnoi, pro-
fif, both military and civil, which attend on that way, and SeAario get upon
all occafions before the Presbyterians (it beir>g iht ready way now to get
great gift?, office?, or feme place, to turn Sectary) it is no wonder trut fo many
fall to be Sectaries and Separatists : Any man who hath but half an eye may
fee how each o: thefe opinions haih fomethmg in them to feed fomc corrupt
principle or other in man, as cither ambition and define of rule, or fpirnual
pride to flievv a mans gtfts, cc covecoufneflc, or licejtfioufnetle, or bimde
zeal, oruniUblentffeof {pint,^. And this may fully fa us fie any rational
man of the falienelTe of that ground brought to prove their way is of God,
and there is a hand of God with them, that fo many of all forts fill to it, who
confiders that in the way of Sect*rifm th^re is both winde and tide, lufts
within, of pride, love of liberty, coveteoufncfle, ambition, err. and without,
the preferments and favor of the times .• Hence hundreds of proud, ambiti
ous, covetous.loofe men fide with them, and profefle to be for that way rather
then Presbytery, and it noway comes from the Almighry power of God,
backing his truth, and carrying on his own work agairft all oppofitions and
difficulties : For befide?, that Satan doth not ftand at their right hand to rcfift
them, but furthers them alwayes, they are in the warm Sun, having the
South winde blowing upon them, and golden fhowers of hundreds falling
into their laps ; all which principles within, and favors from without, have
brought up and cheriftied thefe weeds, and caufed them to increafe from a few
to an Army : And on the other hand, from thefe opinions, practifes, and lufts
fofuitable to the corrupt hearts of men, becaufe the Presbyterial Govern
ment oppofcs them, it comes to paffe that the Orthodox Minifters of this
Kingdom have fo hard a task, and are fo reproached, deferted, as touching
the Popes Crown and the Monks belly, the pride, coveteoufnefle, lieentiouf-
nefte of men.
8. Coral. Here is then an Apology and ^unification fufficient in the fight of
the world forthofe Minifters and people, who are zealous for fetling Re
ligion, and cry out for Government, who Preach, Petition, fpeak ofren one to
another of thefe things ; whofoever doth but reaJ. and confider this Cata
logue of Errors, Herefies, Blafphemies, Praftifes, together with the Letters
and the Narration of (lories, cannot but fay there is great reafon of Petition
ing again and again, of crying aloud and (paring not, and of ftirring up one
another to ufe all means with oar callings and places, to put fome ftop to thefe
great and growing evils : The truth of thefe things wtll confidered may
plead an excufe, and take off the imputation of haftinefle, impatiency, unman-
, precipitancy caft upon foine Minifters and people, and juftifie they
have
Errors of the Sfcidrits . 7 1
have done nothing but what was nectfiary : It is
an excellent faying of Luthtr, Tts matter of prtife Omnium criminum
for a man to bear patiently a*d modeftlj the names wdtftc & f^ietitcr tulijc Uu
of *!l crimes c*Jl *p,n timUf ; h*t to allo* th, f '•*&•;
... - , J » f _, .'»• i ii- ( ti ltu.nl, raftnim glon*l)ctf
frotltng of the name of Cbriftttn, the robbtnt of the '^nc^tionon £ b> ifti a^no-uifje
glory of God, the deny ing of Chrifl, and not rather ac ,i0n fotiut ufam aifungm-
(ocry afainft and gainfay frith all a mans miaht tcmomnibm viribu rccldmjtfc
even *nio blood, deserves an Ana>l .ema. Is it no: Aiutbcnupt. LuJurus.
high time to fpeakagiin, wren things are conic
to this pafTe with us, as that all Religion in fo high manner is corrupted and
corrupting, thoufands of poor fouls diily per.(hirg and rhe wrath of G&d
ready to fall upon us for all thcfe thingr ? Paul, in Gal. i. 5. would ro give
plact by fftbjtflw*) no not for en hottr^ that the truth of the Gfjpel might fen-
tinttc ; andin(7<z/. 1.7^8, p. Paul fpeaks twice of tretblfrs andpervcrttrs
of the Gotyel, though an A*gfl from Heaven or any man, let them he acittrfed.
It isftoried \n Judges 18,13,24 That the children of D»«nfiying unro M\
What aileththefy that thou comcft Vcithfuch a company, Micah /aid, Te
taken aftay my gods \bhich I mide, andtheprieft, andje are gone aVPay,
What have 1 more ? AndVthat is tl.u tbst ye fay unto me } what atleth thee f
Now if Micah was fo afTjfted at the taking away of his falfe gods which
he made, the Ephod, Tfr*pkiiKt Graven Image, and (he Prieft , that he
judged ir an unreafonable thing, they fhould fay, What ailcth thee ? How
may Minifters and others in our times anfwer the St claries and Lukewarm
perfons thitfay, what ail you? what ado do you keep? cannot you let the
Parliament alone? leave them to tike their own time and leifure?but you muft
Petition them and Preach, and keep a ftir, talking of Herefies, Schifrm, &c \
Oor God and all Religion is taking away, and how can we be filcnt and
contenr ? The Scriptures are denied to be the Word of God, and b'af-
phuned ; the doftrine of the Trinity is called a Tradition of Rome, a fiftion •
the Godhead of Chrift is oppofed, and his humane nature is made to be de
filed with original fin as well as other roens, the Holy Ghoft is fcoffed at,
the Moral Law is taken away, yea, Gofpcl, Miu.ftery , Church, T^kh,
Sacraments, finging of Pfilms, Prayers are overthrown, as holding there
are none on Earth, and what have we more? and what is this thar^he
Seclari^s fay unto us ? What ail ye? Look what Eftkcr faith, Eflher 8.6,
Far ho\\> can 1 endure to fee the tvil that (ball come unto my people > or ho^o can
1 evd*re to fee the definition «f my kjnred ? Sa may Mincers and Chriftians
no\v fay, How can they endure to fee that dcftruftion that comes to the
fouls of men, the greu dishonor of God, the treading down of Truth, and
the
7 i A Catalogue And D/jcevery of
the hazard of ruine to thcfe three Kingdoms ? i Sam. 4. 20, 21, 22,
Phinehas wife, when a fon was bonyo her, and the women bid her not
fear, forthou haft born a fon, fee anfwered no:, neither did Hie regard it,
but named the chilJe Ichabod, faying, The glory is departed from Iliad, /*r
*&<? v4>^ 0/ (yW «• f4/^». John 20. Mary Magdalen mifiing of Chrift
came running to Peter and John, faying unto them, They have tufe* aVeaj
the Lord, and flieftood weeping and looking for him, and being asked by
the Angels why (he wept, She faith unto them , Becaufe they have taken
aWay my Lord,, and I t?noty not Where thsy have laid him. And have ncC
we great caufe in the midft of all outward mercies and deliverances that are
born unto us, to be troubled and cry our, The glory i* departed from IfracJ,
the Ark of God is ttk^n ; and to weep and mourn with Afary, faying to
thofe that ask us, WhyVveep ye , Becaufe they have t*t '_n aft>ay ottr Lord,
and to come running to the Parliament, faying to them, The Settaries h*ve
taken a^cay the Lord ? And truly, when I confider trtat dreadful condition
of thing?, through the abounding of SchifiD, Heiefie, Bhfphemy, Diforder,
and all kinde of confufion in all places, City,
* I was informed for certain Countrey , Armies, * Univeifity, Garrifon
this jMiurjr 19. That in Towns : I wonder that all Piiipi'ts ring not of
Cambridge fome young thefe things , that all places arc not filled with
Schohers , Frelhmcn and ,
under Graduates are turned ™™F**1 ^^ every hour in the day the
Preachers, and as m their Houfes ot Parliament are not followed with
own Chambers, fo in fome Pecitions and Cryes of City, Countrey, Minifters,
Townfmcns haufcs do and People, againil the Schifms, Herefies
Pi-each to Scholars , to Blafphemies , and Confufions of thcfe times,
Townimen and Townfwo , .
»cns and chat it is thought many comingto them with complaints, as the
thcfe Frdhmen are gather- true Mother of the Childe to King Solomon,
ing, or will fhortly gather againft the falfe Mother, for dealing away her
Churches. fon from befide her : Sothefc againft the J,ecl:a-
ries , for ftealing away their Wives , Sons,
D-ughrers, Servants, and making them Anabaptifts, Seekers, Antinomsans,
Independents, &c. O were there that z.al for the Houfe of God, the Truth
of God, and rhe Glory of God that ought to be among Chriftians, the
Parliament doors would be watted upon continually, and fuch a fad face of
things prefented to them daily, in Remonftrances, Books, Petitions, as
would caufe rhem at length to fall upon fome effectual courfes, for the pre
venting and fuppreffingof all thefe Herefies, Schifms, err. And for conclulion
of rhis CoralUry, I fay to fotfie men among us who plead for Moderation,
and Deliberation, in die midft of all our growing Herefies, Blafphemie?, &c.
Go
Erreurs of the Sectaries. 7 1
Go ye and learn what the Scriptures mean, 2?»j the truth and jell it not, con
tend earneftly for the faith Vfhiclo VTM once delivered ante tke Saints, ftrive toge
ther for the Frtith of the Gofpel ; Be z.f*lotu, if there come any unto you and bring
not thu Gofpel, receive him not into jonr houfes, neither bid hint (jodifced.
o. Coral. Hence then from all the Practifes and wayes ot the Sectaries
laid down in this Catalogue , we may obft i ve and take notice v\ hat deceitful
workers the Sectaries are, what a dangerous, generation of men the) be, uhat
kinde of Merchants we have to deal with ; njmtl) fuih , who htvc fumaiiy
asd ftrangePractifes of all kinds , as I have already reLted -y Macron's who
have the art of telling dear , raifing the prices oft their own co.;. modi ie , but
of buying cheap and beating dov\n other Markets , fuch who (.an pur good
glcfTcs upon bad wares, fell old, coloured and ghz.dover, under the name
of new, Merchants wt.o have' factors inall places wheie they are likely to
put off commcdiiies, and will be fure tomifie noMart, Fair, nor Marker,
well fpokenn.en, who with famed words will makeMerchandifeof mer,
feeming to lofe fomewhat at fiift to get mens after-cuftome, Merchants who
have Brokers abroad to get them chap men, with many fuch like ; and there
fore in all trading and dealing with the Sectaries men had need look abour,
tread warily, fear eve y thing, and take heed of believing and fruiting them
too tar. It wiiLnot beamille torthofemen whoconverfe with them, and are
caft into focitties and bodies where fome of them are, ro remember thefe
Praclifes of theirs , and to have recourfe to this Book, to look it over as often
as they have any thing to do with them, to fee if they con obferve which walk
they are in, and whit they are pra^iling upon. The Sectaries area fubtile,
cunning, adive, nimble, proud, deceitful, ft If feeing, ploiting, undermining
generation ; the kfuites may go tofchool and learn ot th-m , and then, tore
we have caufe to beware and fufped thi'm in every thing , to fear them yield
ing, and to fear them flyir.g, to fe.u fome defign in every thirg that conus from
them, and to look for the nind of IOA(J in many buHntffrs when a man cannot
vifibly fee i: : I w;fh all men in matters of Accommodation, Toleration, and
all kind -of tranUdions with them to look well what they do, as having to
do with (1 ppery men of whom there is no hold, ro be fure therefore to binde
them as fift as may be, and nor to relye upon words promifes , for they will
fay they meant it not fo, but thus , to take heed of trulb'ng them with any
power they cannot counrermand, to have a care how they let Papers go ou of
their hands,Icft they never fee them more.In the year 1641. there carm forth a
Book cntituled Loo% about you , wherein the plot of fontvn the lefuit ro
cSeat a Church of the Religion eftablifhed , and to bring in Popery by Art is
Itid down -, and truly this Catalogue and Difcovery of the Errors and Prafti-
fe3 ot the Sectaries may fiily be called Loo^aboMt jo* , and in it miny of the
K fc p!o s
"72 o<f Catalogue and Di few fry of
plots and proceedings of the Sectaries to cheat this Kingdom of the Presby-
terial Government, and the Reformed Proreftant Religion , and to bring m
Independency and Sectarifm are difcovered.
'. Hence then from ail thefe Errors, Herefies, Blafp hernia, Confu-
fions that are corne in upon us within thefe few yenrs, many perfons ot quali-
ty and note, boih Minifters and others may fee what hurt they have done and
what they have 10 Anfwer for ; who though they pr oft fie in thdi j-id^cmenr
tney ave*»« Independent againit gathering Churches , and for the Prtsbvte-
all way ; yet jo.yn and fide w«;h the Sectaries ic delay and keep cffftthrg Re
ligion, plead for them upon ail occafiyns, further their motions , give them
aim in all places, area UK^.'VJ to bang in Independents, Amincmbns, Ana-
o .ptifts,and help to miintatn them, faying, they be good hcnt-ft men : hefe
rnen,befides the hatefulneffe of their temper in fuch a rime as this is,whcr> trnrh
is tain, hive u -done us by yielding, dallying, and delaying • Thefe perfons in
.: great meafure are the caufe of ail the evils and mifchk-fs (hat iye upon us,
and we may thank -a great many moderate men (as they would be called)
that things are ac that bad pide as they be ; feme of thefe have done the Sefti-
'I'smore fcrvice then they could do themfelves , often fpeaking ar-d Ending
^dience when the Sectaries could net , or elfe not wiihont fufpition : Thefc
nen draw off others foo, making them indifferent, neutral, and not fo vigor-
sin oppofing: Seme men have done much hurt this way , and like Peter
hive drawn Barnabas after them, and by their earneft prcfling of Accommo-
dations, Tolerations and other wayes of compliance, have undone us : A- in
th^-Bifhops dayes there werefome Divines leaning that way, (though other-
Orthodox and good men in themfelves, diflikingthe innovations and
Wayes of thofe times j yet would notfpeak , or not fpeakout 3gsir.il: thofe
evils, nay, would perfwade others againft appearing, faying, Oh take heed,
you will do no good ; fo have we alfo fome Minifters (whom otherwife I love
and honour, and judge no otherwife of them then of men in a tcmp-ation)
East are State Divines , who converfing with fome great men hsvin^ their
countenance nnd favour, kn»w whit will pleife, and whit will difpleafc, and
thereupon are lo'h to effcnd or lofe any fide, but keep fiir wi<:h al! , by which
means Seels and Schifms have g-own upon us : Oh, Vis want of coursgf
fpeaking our, declaring fully for one fide againft the Sects that hath undone
us ; things could never have come to that piffe rhcy at?, but the Authors and
Abctters would have been afhimed of them , if our leading men had fpokcn
our, and been fo zealous as they ought to have been. Oh, when I read and
confider both in Scriptures and in Ecclefiaftical Hiflories , that holy zesl and
digrndori that was in the Apoftles, (Paul, Peter, snd Jud^ and in the Paftors
tif. the Primitive Churches, againft Schifmaticks and Hereticks, the troublers
of
Errors of the Sectaries. 7 $
of the Church, and fee what coldntfTe , ind fFaency, filence, compliance,
convetfc is in our times with Sectaries, I am ready to think that all zeal and
love of truth hath left the truth, and that there is none taliant for the truth j
well thh neutrally and indifferency a-e daeftable,and agairtt the Covenant
as well asSchifm andHcrcfie: and I conclude this Corallary with that ex-
hor:a:iun in the 3. Revel. Be valoiu therefore andrefent, /.'/? tecattfethey Are
Lukewarm, Godfpue them cut of kit mouth.
" ii drat. H-.ncethcn from the confideration of all the Error?, Here!
Blafphemies! D.forders, we may fee in what a fad and dangerous condition
wearcinatprefent; and into what perilous times we are Lin. Tis ftoned of
<j>oljr*rp:a , that when at any time he had heard IfmM Poliunum duit^ijl.
heretic.;! word?, he was wen: to cry out, O good ad Fion :. MWj (um ^rcuci -ar-
Cod in;o what times h.-ft thou referved me, that bj forte uJitf'ct cxcUwrc foii-
1 fhould fiiftcr fuch thing* I and forthwith he t*m,0hncl>ciuin<iu*mcian-
i liiuw ___ _ tardrclitrvtliiutitlt1>Atiar,ilt-
iniy
VVllCltlll iV ui-"j *»-..•».-- i /
fay the Lord pry poor E*$l*** . ar-d Pcor London
may' cry ou: to God as che 7»/</**/?, in 79. 1 . <9 C7.c,-', r/...- H^r/-.'» ^rr f m<- *»-
to thine inheritance, thj holy 7'emfJ?l.w<: t:-ey dtfitea, thy h ••• l.iid ft rulalem
onhcaps,\a.<y.<,° 3 1- and cake up that comphint
horrible thi*o is comnittcdin the L-in^ 1 Promts propl~Jt ;
*Pri>'(ls beirrttle by their mcA*s , and mj pcwle fovf to have it jo, and\\'b;it
Killy. do i» the end thereof ? zTim.s. Th.: Apoftle Pn*/fpt:aks of perillous
time-;, ar.d thit which makes the times perilious, is(wt en there are men ha
ving a- form ot godlinclTe , Denying the p^er thereof ft f :V A
c
,
ad captive fitly Vcome.ildcn Vrithftvs, wen oc corrupt WIK.-/T, reprobate con.
e Faith, repfiing the truth. Lool^M God in the ci^t of Fz K i • ' , fije
cernini th ,
tz:kiel «r#4^ dominations, and bid kirn turn yet again, 3rd he (Wild fee
greater abominations, and yet after that fiid, Turnthee \etagiina.idthou
(halt fee greater abominations ; and the third time faid , O on of man,
turn thee yet again and thou (halt fee greater abominations then thcfe, ^-A.
8.9, 13, 15. So in this Catalogue the Reader may lee grea; Errors , and yet
may turn himfelf again and behold greater , mmely, dam:nhl- Hertfic-s, ?^\
yet tarn himfelf again and re:d horrid Blafphrmics , 3n! a thi;
read horrible Disorders, ConfuHons, ftran^c Pnftifes , :• or on •
jir-hr of Scrips r -bur na'tire •, as in wc-mrrs :-rc'Jch;ng
' '
Catalogue and Difcovery of
p. -.fled the deed, of the Prelates , and juftifiedthe Bifhops, in whofetime
never fo many nor fo great Errors were heard of, much lefle fuch Blafphe-
mies or Confufions • we have worfe things among us , then ever were in all
the Bifhops day es, more corrupt Doctrines and unheard of Prafttfesthenin
Soyeers before; thefe Monftersof denying the Scriptures ro be the Word
of Uod , of denying the Trinity , and the Divinity of Chrift , the immor
tality of the foul , the rcfurrecrion of the body , Hell arid Heaven, the plead
ing for a free and op:n Toleration of all Religions ; yea, oi Bbfphemy, de
nying the Scriptures, and of a Deity , wich more of this kinde we're not
known in their dayes. I am perfvvaded that if fevtn yecr ago the Bifhops and
their O.\apl;i:s had but Preached, Printed, Licenfed, D.fperfed up and
down in .Ciry-snd Ccunrrey openly, a quarter of thefe Errors, Herefus,
Biafphemies, which have been all thefe w-:iyes vended by the Scftirits , the
people would have rifen up :ind ftoned them , and puld down thdr houfcs,
end forced them to forbear fuch Dodrines : O what ado did Minifters and
people keep at rhc coming in of fome Popiflti Innovations , at the Preaching,
Printing but of fome pcfl~!ges tending towards Arminianifm and Popery?
but when fome flat points of Popery and Arminianifm were Printed with Li-
cenfe , and preached in fome publike places, how did they that feiredthe
Lord fpeak often one to another , keep Fafts in private , fpeak againft the
Bifhops and their Chaplains , talk of nothing but leaving the Land ? and yet
now we have groffer and worfe Arminianifm by far , as is evident by fome
of the Errors laid down in this Catalogue ; yea, the Sectaries are come to
points of Popery , and Praftifes of Popery , as the Reader may finde related
in this Book , as to hold thofe Words of Chrift , This is my Body, muft be
undeiftood literally , as denying the preaching of the Word and ad minifr. ra
tion of the Sacraments to be Notes of the viflble Church , as bringing in a-
noindng with oylfor lick perfons , as the laying on of hands to give the gifts
of the Holy Ghoft , and not onely fmaller matters of Popery , but unto the
greateft and higheft , as denying the perfection and furficiency of theSctip-
tures , and pleading for fome men to be infallible, and to have infallible gif-s,
that muft refolve controversies of Faith , which arc the great pillirs of Po
pery, and foundations of all their other Errors ( as learned men know.)
O how is the fcene changed within thefe few yeers / thofc Doftrines of Armi-
nianifni and Popery which inEpifcopal men we cryedoutfo of, zndcoua-
ted a Pi*culum that held in our Church , and were made the great ground
offeparation from the Church, the fame points now moregrofle (for they
by diftinftions refined and qualified thofe opinions ) are delivered and re
ceived with great applaufe , and the Preachers of them cryed up and preferd
before the moft Orthodox Minifters : Ohow are the times changed , per
fons
m.itty Errwrs of the Setter its. 7 5
Cons profeflir.g Religion in £»£/«»</ were wont to look upon thcfe two things
as moft hatefu!.
Fiift, the corruption of the Doctrine ofR< ligion.
Secondly, a Tolera:ion of all Religion ; and in thewoift times we could
not endure thcfe things; Oihe crymgouc that was in theformer limes a-
gaiift Arminiamftn, Popery, Sociniamfm , Toleration of a!! Religion !
bu: now, Orhe crying up ol Liberty or Confcuruefcr all'helc, and the
pleading thac Errors ot the minde jre not fo dangercu< as Prattles! that
ssfrriavs who live honcftly nny be faved ; yea, all men and all creaiures
Oiallbe favedatlail / Whoever thought feven yecrs ago he fhould have li
ved to have heard or feen fuch things preached and printed in EngUnd? All
men then would hive cryed out of ft.'ch peifuns , a'&aj toitbthem, tVeaj Vcith
them-. Much KfT: to live to fee futri persons countenanced, fpokcn for,
brought cff all trouble, yea, prcfcrd ; if fome of thofc godly Minifters who
were famous in their time (hould rifjoutot their graves, and come now a-
mong us , as Mjfter 7>etl?ins, Greenhorn, Hitdfrfiam, Do<flor fPrefto*£)Q&.Qt
Stbsy&c. they would wonder rofee things come ro this paflc in En^Und,
and to meet with fuch Rooks for Toleration of all Religion*, and Books in
defence ot Arminian, Antiriomian Errors; what would they think when
they fhould meet wirh fuch Miniftcrs and Chriftians whom they judged god
ly and found, now to plead fora Liberry of all Confciences ; there to meet
with one of their acquiintance turned Ambaptift, another turned Seeker,
a third Familift, a fourth an Anti-fcripturift ! O what ado did we ke<-p in
En^ltnd) many yeers ago about faction , Montague , Coffns Books and
fuch like 1 And now we make no-hing of worfe Armmianifm, and far greater
Errors; the poinrs complained ol in Doftor Jaikion , Biiliop Montague,
&>:c. were harmle(Td wholfome Error-, ( if any Errors could be harmlciTc
and wholfotne ) in comparifonof m»n\ Errors in this Catalogue. Certain
ly if Mahometvitft now alive among us, he would be a gallant fellow in
thefc times, and be in great reqaeft for his Revelations and New Light:
Yea , we arc hln to that madncflc and folly, that I am perfwaded if the De
vil came vifibly among many,ind held out Independency anil Liberty of Con-
fcience , and fhould preach never fuch falfe Doctrines, as, that (here were no
Devils, no Hell, no fin at all, but thcfe were onely onens imigina'ions, wi.h
fever^l other Doctrines, he would be cryed up , followed, admired; and it
it (hould happen he were comphined of , and queftioned by fume Presby
terians ( for to be furc Sectaries would rot) he would have fomc or other
to fpeak for him, and help to bring him off-and that which makes the renditi
on of England fofadin regard of Errors, Herefies}&c. are thefe following
ciccumftances that accompany them, and are to be found among us.
i. That
7 6 .A Catalogue And Dtfcovtry of
1. That they are in a time of Reformation when we proftfic Reformation,
and cafting our of all corruptions in Doctrine and Worfhip.
2. That they are among us, and grovv up afrer a folemn Covenant and
Oath to extirp3te Hercfie, Schifm, and whatfoever is sgsinft found Doctrine,
fo that our Errors , Herefies, Schifms, are perjured Heretics, and perjured
Schifms.
3. That thefe are rifen, increafed, raign , and prevail fo far under a
Parliament fitting, not under the Bithops , corrupt Clergy, Court partv,
but under a Parliament : Parliaments , when Errors of Doctrine have come
in upon our Churchin their vacancy,, were our great Remedies to remon-
ftraceagainft, punifli, fupprdfethem, that they never rife nor grew during
Parliaments fitting, but kept them in awe, and was a rod over them ; how
Were Bifliop Montague , Cofens , Jackson , and their Books queftioned by
former Parliaments , and what a famous Rcmonftrance was made by the
Houfeof Commons to the King, June n. 1628. againft the Arminian Er
rors , (hewing how the hearts of the Kings fubjects were perplexed , ^hen
Vfitk fbrroW they beheld a daily growth t and fprcad-
of r>Mk' ?rinS Hia?n W0lk$ **£ tftke Fa®ion °f the drmiviatis ? But alas,how
ftrancc let down verbatim. laeksons 9 and the Arminians of thofe times ,
preached and printed, now a Parliament is fitting,
as by Mr. Den and his followers, and in a Book intituled, Thtfulneffe&f
Cods love mewifffted , and printed in theycer 1^4*3. befides far greater Er
rors i hen Arrmnianifm, asis maniftft by this Catalogue ?
4. That thefe are too much fuffered, let alone, notpunifhed j where is
there a man amongft all the vSectaries , ihir hath bin nude exemplary for pu-
niiliment , or hardly for any long rime reft rained ? Thefpirit of old Eli is
upon i he Land , in regard of fparing Se$s and Sectaries , many Magiftrates
fufferrag them fo much, and the people loving to have ir fr.
5. Sectaries have not been onely let alone, fuffered , and unfound out,
bur when complained of by fome zealous men , as Min.fr.ers and others who
hive wared with expence of time , and money , and informed ; they have
gotten cfT, and vent rhemfelves as bad andworfe then before, and nothing
comes of all : yea, when they have been committed or bound over by men of
inferior place, they have been releafed by others in higher place,
6. Error? and Schifms are (b far from being punifhed, that many who
H'ttrs are highly refpectcd, preferred, countenanced, put into many cffi-
c v - ices ; ve,i, :ifrer their being queftioned by fome Orthodox men in place,
r-T-'u'-! il , rhrv hive bf-^n received into ?>r?3t mens hcufes , h^ve had
. f .. , i. ,..,., ..*.?.. t- .,?:,! ,'-,... , ,. .' . * i\, i. r «
Et rers of t he S ttt Aries . 7 7
condition ef this Kingdom, faithful, godly, Orthodox perfcns who have
oppofed , and queftioned (linking Sectaries , who have had nothing to com
mand them but ihcir Errors andHerefies, have ever after been undermined,
tbft rucked , ditcou .rcnsnced , compbims mad*; agatHft them , pretences of
onerhiog oro.her, lill they have been hid &fidc, or their lives and places
burdensome to :hem ; cf which 1 could give divers iniianccs in fume jjxlhnt
men.
7. That perfons who would nor be endured , nor frf.ered in other Coun
tries and Churches , but were caii ou: aod b>nuhed for their Errors^ Here-
fks , end turbulency , do litre in En^lmd vtnc and fprcud their opinions,
githtr Churches., preach operly where muhhudes rtfort; how many oft
011:0!- NcV9-E»fl.i*dif)r their Aruip.omianifm , Acib p'ifm, &c. have come
over, and here printed Bucks for t; eir Errors, and preach up and down
fieely ? io that poor £*£//i«^ rnuft litk up luc'j perform , who like von.ir. have
been caft out of the mou:h of other Churches , and is bf comet he common
fiiore 3nd fink to receive in the filch of Heredes and Errors from all places :
what wus faidcf Htinnihil's Army , it \wscollttvits omnium Gentium , the
fime may be faid of ns for all kindc of Seds and Sectaries : Anglic coRumet
omnium Sworttm & Settaruw.
S. The Errors of thefe times ire vented by men looked upon as godly
and holy , whoin the Bithopsdayes fuff.red, and were (trid in their lives,
and fo hive an incereft in many good perfons , men alfo who arc popular, and
hive popular gifts to go up and down from City to Ccumrcy , from one
Countrey to an.r:hcr, and ihitgoto meetings in private houfes , know the
wayofir, and the art of taking people , talk all of Reformation .ind greater
p<rrlecl;.on , pretending to correct A-f^nificat , and to Reform Epifcopacy,
Presbytery, and all Churches: whereas the Arminians and Prchrical men
in r-,e Bift-iops times were net efteemed as good men , had not thofe popular
gif'.> cf Prayer, o-c. ror did know the way of private meetings , neither hud
I' pretences of Holineffe, Rr. formation, to take the people with, but peo-
plf ?encr?lly fudged they needed Rtformarion.
9. Th.fj Errors are held, cried up, and received as New Trurhs , a«
New and glorious Lights: what was Errourand worfechcn naughr , cried
downintheBilliop? ar.d their Chsolrn? for damnable Error', Hcrtfiis, Ar-
minianifm, Popery ; the very fime Poinrs concerninp, Uaiverful Redemprion,
Vre-wi!!, Condi:ienal Election , denying the fufficiency and perfedicn of
the *;cr:ptures, &c. are in our times New and Glonous Truths, and preached
to the people for the everhfting Gof^el.
10. Tiiefe Errors, Herefies , Blafphemies , are not ondy vented in a
corner, in fecret clofe Chambers, with doors double locked, among; wo
or
8 o - A Catalogue And Difcovery of
or three , that few or none hear or know of them , or in fome private Vil
lage a-<d remote dark corner of this Kingdom, that a manmuft digthorow
a wall to fee and hear them (which yet were fad enough, and was the cafe
of the Prophet in £<^8, 8, 10, 12. feeing thofe Idolaters indie dark , and
in their Cnambcrs ot imagery ) but in Houfes thac ftand open for all , w.here
many hundreds come, and in the Metropolis of the Kingdom, Londoxt and
that in the heart of the City *, fo that they are not preached with us in the
ear, bur on tfv: Houfe top, we declare our Errors, as Sodom , and arenoc
afl-nmed : yea, abominable Errors are Printed , the Books fold up and down
in Weftminfter. Hatt , London, and dtfperfed in all places; yea, given into
the hands of Parliament men in Weftminfier- Hall , and daring at the Parlia
ment doors.todifperfe Books written in the defence of fuch and fuch Errors.
11. Errors, Herefies , increafe after all our Deliverances, Victories, and
fuccefTes God hath given us; yea, that which ismoft fad to think of , all
our Victories, Succefles , are unhappily made ufe of , and turned tothein-
creafiagand growth of Errors : Every taking of a Town or City, is a fur
ther fpreading over this Kingdom the gangrene of Heretic and Error , where
the Errors were never known , nor heard of before , upon our taking of
Towns and Cities they come to Town; every enlarging of our quarters
is an enlarging of Seftarifm , and a multiplying of Sehifms : where can a man
almoft goto any Garrifon, Town or City, and not meet with Anabaptifts,
Antinomians , Brownifts, &c. Can a man go to Southampton , Portfmotttht
Warwick.) Gloucefter? Briflol , Tork^ Lynn , cum mttliii aliis , and miffe
of them ?
12. We are unfenfible and not affected under all thefe fpirinnl plagues
of Herefie, Schifn , BUfphemy, Inrohrable Anarchy; the fortieth part
of thofc Errors, Herelies, Blafphemies, which are now in the midft of
us, would feven yeers ago (had we heard and known them) have made
our hearts akc, and our hair ftand an end, filled our faces with paic-
neflfe and biackneflc, whereas now we make light of them; the cuftome
and commonnetfe of them hath taken away the fenfe and horror of them ;
we are ftrangely fenfLffe, bruitifli and tlupid under all thefe Errors ;
three or four yeers ago the twentieth part of thefe Opinions and Pra-
ftifes laid down in this Catalogue, would not have been endured; but
the Minifters would have been more awaked, and the Kingdom ftarrled;
we ihould have kept folemn Fafts, cryed out more to the Msgiftrate for
his help . So that now the confederation of all the Errors , Herefies ,
with thefe aggravating circumftances , do declare the dangerous and
fearful condition we are in , even the Parliamentary party that hath
ftood up for Reformation ; becaufe among us and in thefe quarters,
are
many h t r.rs of the Sett^ies . 81
ate to be found fo many Hercfies, Schifms, Blafpherr.icf, fo many Heretical
Blafphemous Books, fomany confufiors and disorders, Mechanicjv'Pieacrier^
Woman- Preachtr>, yes, yong Boys taking upon them to Preach and k id
p.ople; andiiitr-.e mirft of all our outward Victories, Deliverances, Sue-
c-.ilcs i 1 -.r.n.bk to ih nk what will be the ,fluc and end of thefc thirg^, * d
whai ft- .r.ge matrer and Articles there w-ll b; forC^ods vifuation ot EȣUn<1,
ou- ut truk'cu, I ft) tars; and v\c fhail nY.de both'in the Prophets, 7/«*£,
• fere»M, and the Rcve /,//<,« of Sjint J-b*, how the moft dreadful Judge-
irur sarc .hrea-n dagriuft Churches, tor falfe Dodrincs, and Prophccymg
falfly } and f anirtifwjd.d God will rot beai long with us, not fo long as
wu.i ,he B !"hops and < ourt-pjrty, betaufc we have profeiTed more holinctle,
and gr.a er Keformadon : But as he fpeaks of the Angel and Church of Per-
gatxos, fur iuvtng them among rhem that held the Dodrine of the Nicolti-
ta».<, R-tcnt, or cl,'e / Kill come nuto tkee quicty : So God will foon come a-
gunft u>, which may caulc us to rake up that fpeech in Jeremitb, Be aftomficdt
O ye heavens *t tbuf*nJ be horrify afrtiJ, yea, be very deflate ; but if we
could ft II promife our fclvcs Victories, Succerte, and that the cvM of Sword,
Peltil:nce;e^.'. Qiould not overtake us ; yet know, thefe Errors, Herefies,^.
wh-.ch Ipread among us, are a worfe Judgement : Luther faith, that Here:icks
and falfe Teachers arc fumma indignatio Dd, the greatcft difpleafure of God
to a Church, pt*£a Divi*t irf) the ftroke of Divine wrarh, that the Church
is not fo much deftroyed by Temporal perfccution , as by the pcftilenc
Doctrines of men; for by them 'tis increafcd , but by falie Doftrmes \ii
left, and that \Vc- have more caufeto bewail the fcandals that fjll out in our
own Churches, then the perfection of the Papifts and all T\ r«nts neither
do the Papifts fomuch hurt the Church as falfc Brethren, which 'boaft Co
have the fame Faith, Dodrine and Worfhip of God.
The Errors and wicked Opinions among us are worfe then the Sword, and
we are ma more dangerous and fad condi. ion by realonof them then for -11
other mis that areupan us;theArmies of Herelkf Errors among uvire worfe
then all the Armies »f Cavalier*, andMonfters hardlierto bcfubdued- the
fpintof Error and Schifm that ism the midft of us, is the arrow that flmh
by day, the deftrud.on that w.fterh at noon day, and the terror by night that
walks in darkncfl j ; m one word, 'cis the faddeft and worft evil thi- can cone
to a Church, and that draws quickly all other evils after »>, which Man the
greateft Enemy that Chr.ftian Religion ever hid, knew well cno«rh, and
therefore did not by fword go todtftroy i:, hot granted i Tolc-mtion of all
Religions to Z)0«^i/?/, *Srri**;t&c. as trie rcadieft »nd fu reft way to de
ft rojr the Church, by that means thinking co wuC; the name of Chrift to perilh
out of the Earth, as t^fnftine fpeaks.
L1 And
8 2 A Catalogue And Difcevery of
And as Evrorf, H rdies., an* a greater ev 1 then the Sword, and Temporal
perfection?, fo areitay worfe iht'n evil manners and a bad life ,• falfe Do-
drines are not or.ly evil deeds, fruits of the fl.fh, things which God hares,
and damnable as well as a wicked lile,, a Epiftlc of John, v, i j. Gat. 5.1. Rev*
6. 15. 2 '^f. 2.1. buc they are the depths ot Satan, Rcv.z. 24. And the Spirit
of God in the Bp.ftlcs ot Galati^ns, Timothy, z Thef. Cha. 2. Second Epiftle
of Peter, Chap.2. Epiiile of lude, the Revelation^ and in other Scriptures,
cxpnrte^ more deccftacicn againft Hertfies and Errors in divers refptcts,then
agiir.it tvilrnanr.crs, as J might fhew; but 1 will give only one irftance
outoi the Epiftle to the Galatians^ where the Apoftle, befides affirming rhe
fame of Herefics , which he doth of the witkedft adions, Murthers, Drun-
ktnneffe, Adultery, Fornication, &c. That they Which do fuck things fkall not
inherit the Kingdom of God; He fpeaks over and above of falfe Teacher?,
who broach hlfe Doctrine, CjaL i. 8, p. once and again, If We , or an Angel
from Heaven, or Any man preach another Gofyt I to yott, Let him be acfttrjtd.
And Gal. 5. 12. 1 Would they Were even cut of which trouble you ; wherein he
(hews that holy mdignatson againft falfe Teachers, and falfe Dodrines5which
he doth no;: againft cvtl lives, neither praying fo for their cutting offj nor m
that manner pronouncing fuch a double being accurfed upon them.
In one word, He refies, Error, are more deftruftive to the nature cf a true
vifible Church, then loofe manners, and deftroy the Foundation more : Pu
rity of Doftrine, profcffion of the true Faith, is the moft eiTential note cf the
vifible Church, when as outward fanftity of life is nor, but may be found in
men out of the Church : Falfe Doctrine and Hercfies alter and corrupt the
Woiftiip it felf, fo doth not the bad manners of perfons in the Church,
Hence A«^<?r anfwers to fomethat objected bad manners to him, I Kill not
( faith Luther} commend my manners, but Doctrine and the true Faith; and
befides, *Tit impojfible ffiith Luther} but that a bad life Will foil oW falfe Do-
ttrine ; for if men mal^e fiipWrack. of Faith, they Will of a good conscience : The
Denatifts who fell into Error?, fell to many infolencies, as to commie Rapes,
Murthers, &c. So the Anabsptifts Antinomians, into what loofenelTe do they
run daily : Herefies and Errors, fpread fooner, further, and more incurably ;
yea, take and infect them whom corrupt manners could not prevail with : In
broaching and maintaining Herefies, men vent their parts, Learning, gc£ a
name and fame by them, which they do not by committing Drunken-
ntrTe, Uncleanneffe : Men wi!! dye in their Errors, and (land to them to the
death, going by a Rule (as they conceive) but men all along purpofeto
repent of their wicked Praetifes : Men are hardly , feldom reclamed,
convinced of the moft damnable Errors, becaufe the way of Error is
commonly a Faction, a party that hath Interefts, Defign?> and many fol
lowers,
many Errors ef the Sectaries . S 3
lowers, whereas a bad life hath not the ferious considerations of thefe
things ; thatHerefies, Errors, do fo abound among us, and that they arc
the worft of evils, may ferve for a true Giafle to (hew us, tn whit a lament
able dangerous condition we are in at prcfent, ard m?y make every one
of us take up chat wifh of Jeremiah, O that my head ft ere Waters, and mine
eyes <n Fountain of tears , that I might Vceep day and ni^ht for the Errorst
Herefiff, Blaff}(mies, Cenfufions^ that are among w : Yea, to call upon others
to come and nuke haftc, and take up a wayling for us, that our eyes may run
doftn Vcith tears, and cur eye- lids gufl) out With ^faters^ to teach a lib our Sons
and Daughters wayling, and every Neighbor lamentation : tor death is come
into many of our Panfhes, Houfes, Chuiche?, to dtftroy the fouls of our
Wives and Children from within,and the yong men from without : I think we
have more caufe to write Books of Lamentation, and to weep over England
for this, then for the Sword or any other kinde of evils.
1 2. Coral. Hence then from the confideration of all the Errors, Herefies,
Blafphcmies,,and Practifes of the Sectaries in England ; we may bethink our
felves what is to be done, if we would have the Kingdom faved, and what
courfe to take, both for our felves and others to prevent their further growth,
to reduce things to a better condition, and to turn away the wrath of God
from this Kingdom ; which for the Herefies, Blafphemies, D/Tbrders and
Confufionsof thefe fourlaft years, is ready to come forth upon us like fire,
and burn that none can quench ir : Now the remedies and directions that I
fhallgive, futuble as 1 conceive to our flate and condition, by reafon of our
Errors , Herefic-s , &c. as they are hid down in this Catalogue , are
both to Mimfters , Magiftrates and People, which fliall be fuch Rules
as more propuly and peculiarly concern each of them in their feveral
places.
i . The Minifters feeing fuch dimnable Herefies, cfa. and things come to this
paflV, muft look more nanoivly, watch more diligently over their flocks
then ever, to keep them from Htrefus and Schifms, and make account 'tis
their duty, and their fptcial work in thefe times, to attend more to that
part of their Miniftery that concerns Doctrine, and convincing of Er
ror then heretofore: If was ever a qualification, and a duty required in Mi
nifters of the Gofpel, to b? able by (ound Dodrine to convince gain-faycr»,
Tit. 1.9. as well as to exhorc and comfort; but fpechliy when many Sedu
cers and f-.lfe Prophets are gone out into the world, and Errors, Herefies
fwarm; therefore the Apoftleftirsup Timothy upon tiiis cenfideration,?"*
be in ft a nt in feafon, and out of fearony to reprove, rdrxfa exhort, frith rfkng
andDottrine, in regard that many W*£ heap up Teachers after thr'ir
, andfi.itl turn ^aj their ears from the truth, and he turned ir<to
LI 2 ftl[,!(St
nd Difwvery of
oo c*1
tiiititiim fcftiim Lilcrtin. CUM
(cclejU tr fcn.icit-J, ahqmi
hblc-. (a) Calvin in his Pretace to that Book
called, Inftruttio adverfa Liber tixos, faith, That
When any pernicious Sett begins to arife, but chiefly
tyke* it grafts, tii the duty of them Vekow God hath
Appointed to buildup hu Chwchjo oppofc it fironcly^
and appear a gain ft it before it getsftrength to corrupt
anddeftroy all. And certainly Vchen there are Paftors
vcro cum augcjitt, cj,:r-i quot
DCVA ad xdific&ndtim Ecticfi-
am couftituit ofticn/K eft , ire
facd to the Flock^ of Chrifr, but they muft alfo ftatcb
tgainft Wolvcs'and Thi: vesjbat if t^ey Vcill come to
the Fltck^, they may fet them far a\\<ay by their loud
cut- cries and Vociferations. And Miaifters muft
know tis no IdTe noble and nectfTary a work, to
keep avyay p.oyfon from, and expel it our of the
Children, then to provide them food, (b) O-
rigfn hath an excellent faying to this purpofe,
That he does eu Weft dcfcrve of men that tak^s a-
W^y pojfonoiu Errors, at he Who teachfj to. live ft-
ottfly and innocent I) : And indeed all Reformation
is in vain, (c) as Luther fpeaks, if there be not
pure Doftrine • for this is one of the thing* thi C
waftes the Churcf; and People of God , when
as they are not defended againfl wicked Opini
ons ; fo that it comes to parfe, That the Doftrine
which is according to godlineflk being loft,
many fpoyled confciences do wander up ard
down, and run into infinite Sefts and Superfti-
tions, feeking to be healed, (d] Luther tells Minifters,they muft not only
buildup, but filfo defend : In the time of Teacethey muft teach, and in the time
of WAT they muft fi^ht With , and re/ift Satan and Heretic kj. Mini'ftcrs ought
now to 6e inrent to the Errors of the time?, both in Doctrine and pradife,
a.nd obferve what is the proper work of the day, and Preach accordingly,
taking heed of being guilty of finful filence, whileft Chrift and his truth fuf-
fers ,• Wc-e have too many wounds with which we have been wounded in the
hpufeo.f our friends : Many Minifters have and do undo as ; feme by their
total filence , others by fpeaking too favourably of theSefts, and too muck
daubing ; eis high time now to fpeak out, when the Truth of God, the Faith
once delivered to the Saints, more precious then our lives, is almoft loft, three
Kingdoms almoft rained, and ail the Reformed Churches in their truth and
peace,haz3ided ; they that can now be filent , well contented., and let the
Wolves
Et'ccrtc curnfm Ecclcfidpifto-
rcs , mi fi'lum lefta cibivia,
grcgt domini adminijlrtite dc-
bcnt fed ctLun excubiAf Agere
ad'acr(Q.s lufos cr fares, ut fi Ad.
grcgcm qaedcre volueri/-it, cos
wjtrnii ctxnionbzs & acri vo-
cifcrdtiwc quJ.m longiffimc fum-
movcant. (b} Orig. wnu
£clfum.\.\. fol. i. Emm vero
dc rebut bumMis nm bciicmc-
rcri poteft y;V 'fcftifcros crrojes
fuftn'.crit qium % d fie docet
innocenterquc vivere (c~) Luth.
z« Gen. cap. f?. (d,) Lutb.
Epijiol. ad S'^aUt. Uottores noji
folum adifctrc, fed criam dc~
fcnderc dcbcnt. Tcmpore puts
docendum eft , Belli autcm
temfore fugnandiim , & rc-
fiftcndnm
rntny Errers of the Srffartts. 8 5
Wolves come freely and not bark , they ddcrvc to be accounted cuir»»
Djgs: Lei therefore all godly Orthodox Miniftcrs. who would not have
all run to ruine, ftir up thimfclves, and life up their voyces like Trum/ei^,
(land no longer lookir g on as idle Spectators, or halting bttwetn two ;
for he that is not now wuh God in his cjufe, is »gtinll him ; and he trut
gathere.h not, fcattercth. (a) Tis a golden
fpeech Qf-LHtktr, Tl>*l *f*r lmfifi'.*ri*n **d &*
, LI *. L tl-im nuuum Alma vita m^iut
Grace, there u no ether *x>rk?re*urtbc»t<,[}ta^ ^ ltcug v/rl[ife* M
the Truth for Cbrtft : And in another place he cknjio. Luthcriu.
faith, '/« * ftomaniflt tbi*g t9 fit in ct corner, and
lye bid in fame Lois ; but thats l\ort'<-y a man to plead the cattfe of God an*}
kuTruth in the miaft of the Cjrctt mtn and Nobtts. And that Mimfters
incur tunes maybe a means toprtvtn: and fupprelTe the Errors, Heicfies,
and Schifois, they mult not onely often Pi each againft .hem, but they fhould
fetthemielves agiiift all the waycs by which Errors are come in, and arc
further coming in up»>n us, and oppofe them by Preaching.Writirg ; as Lay-
rnens Preichmg, the gathering or Chu.ehes, and above all a Toleration ;
for that would Be an open doorac which all kinde of Hertfi^s would come
in, and no man could keep thim out : And therefore if Mimfters will wit-
nttfe for Truth and agaii ft Errors, they moft fee themfelves in a fpecial
manner againft a Toleration, as the princip 1 inlet to aMHcrefie and Error^
And if a Toleration be granted, all Preaching will not keep them out : For
as it hath been anfv? ered, rhe P^rons of Images, who plead, Let them ftind,
but Preach againil the Worlhippingof them, that if they ftand, Preaching
will not take away all the danger ; ?i$ not fnrficient ro keep the people
from all Idolatry : So fay I in this cale , If a Toleration be granted,
the Devil will be too hard for us, though we Preach neror fo much s-
giinft them. A Toleration will undo all, Fit ft, bring in Sccpnfm in
Dodrinc , and loofentfle of life , and afterwards all Arheiftn. The
Patrons of Error, becaufe they cannot at rttft plead for fuch and fuchDo.
(ftrines, in tcrminis, and yet hold them, and would have them propagited,
thcrelore they pkad for a Toleration, which orcc being granted, they
will come in then of courfe : O lee the Minifttrs therefore oppofe
Toleration , as being that by which the Devil would at once lay a
Foundation for his Kingdom to all Generations , witneffc ogainft it in
all places, pofllfe the Magiftrates of the evil of ir, yea, and the people
too, (hewing them, how if a Tolm ion were granted, they (hould never
have peace in their Families more , or ever after have command of
Wives, Children, Servants; but they and their poftcriries after them are
like to live in difcomem, and mqnicukflfe of minde all their dayes. 'fis
the
nd Difcovcry of
Glory of God, and the falv°t"on
be tor a Toleration, Miniftcrs
yea, ill thc people were
pomians, Seeker,, *
leaftafperfion up
.but fuppofing it; yet Minifters
Preach and cry out of the • w
and withstand it by ,|| awful
ventering the loff/of
rhe Minifters loo
nemies to Toleration,.
of foh .. I"1 dcftru*ve to, he
r» K» ! anitheref?re "hofoever Ihould
*^ic : If the P»I«menr, City
'!' ^^' Al»<"P»fe An£
d ^ft?/!*^ D°ht"<>Ci"1 thc
, ?' . bellcve ^e contrary)
PC ?* the'r Reafons 3Sa
' " T- tO k« buc P^
"""l!" ,? " 'j""*1 aad
V ' aBd^! '""i" Caufe, and to
' fthc.gwS ^T1 °f the Seft"ies =
Jh« h " before th,em' who were
and l
Pa-ron
3 5 . */ afwato, *,«„„.
ujbrif in via. Chry.
fhould have Churches
t.
*«/'. when
'"*'
the vtrrim : SoisJm.
the fecond had publifh
he commande'1
manner, Tell
ft baft and ab)e ft fanes into that
fair
m*»y Errors of the Sectaries. 8 7
fair anajpuKHs Crofrn Vehich then Keareft upon thy head, Wouldft tkou not be of.
jcnded frith him ? The Emperor yielding : Chryjoflom Replied Well, drf then
nat think the Emperor of Heaven Kill be offended, ij inn godly City Khich i*
fincere and found, a (cabbed, and infetfiout member be per»,itud to inhttit ^feeim
iturfqttircd'oj everyone, either tUt he be convened, or t'-'at ht be b<t*iM*
Yea, the Primitive BiQiops and Fitters of the Churdus v a« fo ,;;>m;{t 'nur
ture* of Religion, and admitting of divirs way* of iUl'^^. • iu one City or
Kingdom, as that ihey made man, Canons and Decrees i.i Counuls . nd Sy
nods agaii.ft f..ffcrir>gof Hereticks and Sc- ifmacicks,is Artist Do»*tiftt &c
and tht Laws and E'd.d.ot tl» Chnftian Emperors, againft Hcici.cks ^nd
SchifmatiCks , w«.re n«c oncly approved of" by the Faihers, bci/rg tn-.A d
and Decreed ftill after every general Synod, the Emperors pubh'hi.-j; n-w
LgWstf againft the new H rccicks , but thofe holy men were fo far from ^vmg
ar)y way to formal Tolerations, as that they ftirred up and exhorted the Em-
perorstoadde their Civil Sanctions to-the Canons ar,d D. trees ot Synod
made agai'nft the Herefies and Errors of the times. I might ftr-w how rl c
Paaors of the Reformed Churches (oamely thofc who were fhrs of the rirft
magnitude; were againft the Toleration of Anabapufts, Libcrnnes and other
Sedanes in their time, and what they did and writ againft it • as favi* Zw.-
gltM, Peter Martyr Philip AltUnVhon, Zanckiw, Be**, Kncx, 'Bmguifer
M*fc*lttt , yea and Luther, however at firit he was fomewhat tender in that
point, as newly coming OIK of Popery, and knowing how the Papitts t
abufed it, and fearing the w-orft ; yetafterwards he was againft a Toleration
of Hcrctitks_and Stftants ,and was for the binifhment and fuppreffion of
thern, as is evident by an (c) Epiftle of his, written
in tnfwcr to that Queftion^r^ « may be /,»- (c; Lttfb E^i.Tm. z. Efifr
f til for the Magistrate to killftlfe Prophets ? where p. 3 8 i . An licut Mtgiftrttui
Luthers judgement is for ban QiingfaKe Prophets, ^iJicrc pfcudoprofbctat. Re
but not killing : and by his writing to the Senate JPondct Lllt- c£° ** indicium
of Mulhufiftm, ferioufly admoi.iQiinc them not '
,o adn^itif ,he An.lTap.ift
a- ; ^ • *+ i • -j qutmin Putt/tit it eS
fiu&in3ud*«vidcm*tubicum ftututum fuiflet Pfadopropbctv & JuLosoccidi, uccc
tempo,!* ftfamep ut non »fi finfa prophet* & „«*•„«« truabrcntur, Lbonutc c,v \htuti
quo mp^M^jtr^ fret, Pfeudopropbctx <r bcrctico, ficcrunt quofruosvoluerini, idem (c
quuturum cffc nmco & pud notros fijvnd u,,o cxcmplo Ucitum probtri plteft fcduffora cflc occl
deud,,, cum*dhuc*Fud<Pytfv ^idem^b^fl^utum^emfansuinem fundiprfnocene.
$u*renuUo rnodo poQunudmium falfos DoRo res occiJ,, fa cjt eosnlegJ, qu>p*><* III-
fieri abuti volant, mttiu tamcn fcccabunt & f,bi untun noecbunt. Sfcidi. lib. 5. gum
cjtfM e Sewutjaufm Muncerm obcrrarct K rumor incrcbuiffct, cum w«M« MulbufiumLu -
thru CA re C9ffvu fa* a Snurn Utcrit-&raitHr mwet, nerecipmt.
For
A CrtAlogueAnd Difcovcry »f
»
th he°
noc rcce,Ve him
u »*
'' Andnot onel did they
N
many Errors of the Sectaries.
by Gabriel P*Wel, firft during his abode in Oxford, Vide Towels Anfwcr to a
I(5o4. Afterwards living at London-Houfc, 1605. Petition for Toleration of
bvthecommindaientof fomeof the Bifhops, he £0?cry -1 E/^' ,and/
'f . • ;t: n.i u -A- Refutation of an Epiftlc j4-
rcfutedan^/s£mWEpiftlc for thepermiflion tohgticti, written to per-
and profcflion ot all Seds and Herefies ; as alfo iwade the permifllon of the
writ a Tractate of the unlawfulnefle and danger promifcuous ufe and profcfli-
of a Toleration of divers Religions in one King- onofallScfts and Herefies.
dom ; Befidef, in this Book de Antichriflo, Dedicated to King James, in the
Epitlle Dedicatory, he tweaks notably againft Tolerations. And Cjabriel
Parcel did not onely oppofe, but Doftor Stttcltjfe, Dean of Exeter, about
the fame time writ two Books in Anfwcr to thofe
Petitions of the Papifts j and Duftor Wttet in The Petit. Apolog. of Lay
his Preface to his Commentary on the Spiftlt of Tapifts, wherein prefumptu-
*6 writes againft thofe Popifh Books, which ^ufly they demand jTolwa-
• ' • tlon °* wctt Religion, Ex.,
* u r c •*,• a n • e tionot th
in the former part of King James Reign were let ammcdan
forth to irtfintute themfe-lves to the State, and to
perfwade a Toleration of their Religion, agiirft which he gives ten Reafons.
And when in the later part of King j**wr.r his Reign, the Spanifl Match was
onfoor, and things tended towards a Toleration, and greater favor of Po
pery : Doctor Abbot then Arthbifhop of Canterbury nude a mdt freeRe-
monftfance to His Majefty againft the Match and Toleration indulged ro the
Papifts (a perfeA Copy whereol is in Mafter Prjnnes Hiddtu \\orkj of darkc
»fjft, or a necejfary Introduction to the Archbifcopof Canterburies Tryut. Pag.
39 40, ) In which Remonftrancs arethefe following paffages : May it pleafe
Tour Mayfty, I have bsen too lon^ ftltnt , and am afraid by my filtnce 1 have
nc%lettcd the duty of the pUce, it hath plcufed God to call me unto^ ar.d Tour
Afa)*ftj to place me in. And no^9 I humbly crave leave, / may di, charge my
conscience towards Gcd, and my duty towards Jour AS«}e/1y. And therefore /
befsech Tou give me leave freely to ddivcr my ftlft and then let Tour Alayfly
do \\rkat Ton fleafe \\~ith ntf. Tour A4a}efty hath propounded a Toleration of Re
ligion, I be/tech Tou (Sir) tak? it into Tour Confiderati-n> Vehat Tour AH is
ftb.it the ce»ftqxence?K«y be ; by Tour Aft Ton labor to fet up that mrft dxmn-
abtr and heretical Dottrincof the Church of Rome ; ho\\> hateful it \\ill be to
God, and gricvota to Tour ffood Sub')ettsy &c. What dreadful C9»fetjnence thefe
tki-Kfsmay draft after I befeech Tour Majefty to confidcr ; and above till, haft
by tl.it 7 iteration dJ«ddifcountcnance of the true Pro\ 'fffiw of the Cejpel, Vehere-
Vrith God hath blfffed Hi Tour .M^}fjiy do not draW up>,x the Kingdom in qcner<>.lt
andT')ur Self in particular , Gcds heavy Vcrath and indignttiov. Thw in d f-
char^eof my duty roftvr; i. Go^ to Tour Ma')eftyt and the' place of my Callira,
7 have tak*» humble btUiiefie to deliver my conscience. And no® (Sir) do ft /'//'
M m
gue And Difcovtry of
me Vrhtt you p-letfe. This Kemonftnnce agaiuft a Toleration or indulgence
of Popery was feconded by Doctor Ha^el and others. In this Kings
Raign a Toleration of Popifti Religion for Ireland was ia agitation, and fo
far proceeded as it was ready to be concluded j whereupon the Archbifoops
andBifhopsof /nAWjoyned inapublike Pro;eftafion againft it ; a perfect
Copy whereof is as follows, The Tlfli&ion of Papifts ts fuferftititw and
idolatrous, their faith and Dotlrine erroneous and heretical, their Church in
rtfpeff of hoth , Apoftatical • to give them therefore a Toleration of Religion,
cr to confent , that they may freely exercise their Religion and profejfe their
Faith and'Deftrine, it A grievotu jin, and that in tVcorefyefts : fir ft, it is to
nt^ke our [fives acccffory not enely to their fuperftitiout idolatries, Heretics,
and in a tyord to all the abomination of Popery ; hut alfo ( Vohich is a confe-
quent of the former ) to the perdition of the (educed people , fthich peri/kin the
deluge of the Cdtholike Apoftacy. Secondly^ to grant them a Toleration in
rejpctt of any money to he given, or contribution to be made by them, u to fet
Religion to f ale, and^ith it the fouls of the people, Dehorn Chrifl onr Saviour
hath redeemed Vtith hit blood. And at it it * great fin, fo it is a, matter of moft
dangerottt eovfequencc, the consideration thereof We leave to the tyife and
iudicioftfj befeecbing the ^eahtu €jod of Truth to ma^e thofe Veho are in Autho
rity ', z*«Alou* of Cjods glory, and of the advancement of true Religion • zealous ,
refeluie, and couragiout, againft a/I Popery, Sttperftition, and Idolatry. And
when there was a great 'meeting of all the chiefeft in the whole Kingdom
about a Toleration, and likely to be granted: Doctor 'DoVenam Bifhop of
London-Deny Preached at Dublin before the Lord Deptry and the whole
State, and in the rnidft of his Sermon, openly read this Proteftation above
written , fubfcribed by the Archbifhops and Biiliops of Ireland • and at
the end he boldly faid, And let all the people fay, Amen: And thereupon,
fuddenry all the whole Church almoft fhook with the found that their
Amen made: And the Lord Deputy calling for the Bifhop, for a Copy
both of his Sermon and Proteftttion , to fend to the King ; the learned
and couragious Bifliop gave this Anfwer, That there Wat nothing he either
ffiakf or read in the Pulpit, btflheWould Willingly jttftifie before hit Majesty t
and feared not Vtho read or f*to if: Which Proteftation and Sermon were a
means to prevent a Toleration. Now if theBifhops and their Chaplains
were fo zealous, couragious, againft a Toleration of the Errors, and falfe
Do^rims of their times, both in England ZK& Ireland , as thus to Write,
Preach, • Retnonftrate , and ro Proteft, and that in corrupt and degenc-
rating- times, when the Court- Prerogative was fwoln high , and the current
for favoring of Popery rsn ftrong : King James his minde, with many of
hi?. C'ouncdlors, ftpongly bent upon the Spaniih Match 5 and fince this
Kings
Err&urs of the Sectaries. 9 1
Kings Raign and Marriage with a Papiit, Popery having many powerful
friends, boih in the Court of England and Ireland
(* there having been for many yeers deep de- ''Mr. Prynnes Hidden
fignes to bring Popery in again into thefe King- ^^S^Sw^g
doms ; for the e&dng of which, one of the t(/tbe worltf ^ plotSj ta
beft means projected, was the giving of a Tolera- bdng in Popiry into our
tion and Indulgence.) Did, I fay, the Archbishops, Church, and to reduce all ouc
Bifhopj, Deans, Doctors, Court-Chaplains, and Healms to Rtmc.
Bifhops Chaplains ( for there were feme of all
thefe forts oppofed ) h-zird the favor of King, Nobles, great Courtiers,
the loflfe of all their preferments, Archbi/hop ricks, Biflioprick?, Deaneries,
great Livings, to withftand a Toleration; And (hall the Minifters of out
Times fuffer a Toleration of all Sefts to come in upon u?, in a time when
the greatcft Reformation is pretended that ever was in this Kingdom, and
a Parliament fi'ting, and be either wholly filent, or oppofe faintly j be afraid
of difpleafing fome great men, or hazu ding a little Eftate and Liberty ;> Was
thi Lukewarm Angel whom God hath caft out of this Church, for not be
ing zealous enough, yet fo zealous as to hazird all againft a Toleration of
Popery, and that to the face of King, Deputy of lrelandl and the whole
State? And (hill the Presbyterians Orthodox godly Minifters be fo cold, as
to let Anabaptifm, Brownifm, Antinomianifm, Libercinifm, Independency,
come in upon us, and keep in a whole skin > O let not the AfT-moly, Mini
fters of London , and the Kingdom, give any occafion ( God forbid they
fhould) to the enemies of Reformation, to fiy of them, The Bifiops and their
Chapltins (Who Were counted Time-fervers) oppofed thf Errors of their Times,
Vviihftood a Toleration With the hazard of great Preferments, and great Reve
nues ; but the Presbyters, Veho pretended to be t^e great Reformers^ to reform
the former Reformat iovt and to corrett Magnificat, juffered all k^nde of Errors
tndSckifms tocomcin, Vehen they ft ere inflate ; yea, and A Toleration y and
durft r.ot appear vigorously Againft them, for feir of offendingthu great man,
or lofing thit friend, or being hindered of thU Preferment, they might haply
come to> if they Jhould he too forward. Certainly, the Biflnops and their
Chaplains Hull rife up in judgement againft the Miniftery of this generation,
who appeared agait.ft rhe minde of King, Councel, and fo powerful a
Faction as was for Popery, and the Toleration of it in thofe dayes, if they
be filent or me^lly mouthed, befides the fbime and difhonor of it here,
before the Churches abroad, and good men at home, who will lay
all the blame upon the Minifters, and fay, We may thank them for thie,
for dealing no more freely, nor faithfully with the Kingdom ;
crying out an unworthy Afotr.bly, an unworthy MinilUry in Ciry and
M m 2 Co.,n;r,y,
92 A Catalogue And Vtfcovery ef
Countrey, to fie ftill, ardfufter all thefe Errors and poyfonous Principles,
in Books, Sermons, to come in upon u?, and to paflc unqueftioned. O
for Tome Galrifl "\Po\vels , ^Do^n^ms , Abbots, &c. to write, presch, re-
mor.IUatc, prottftsgainft the Errors and wayes of thefe times/ Tis want
of courage and fpezkir-g ouc hath undone us , and 'tis oncly bcldneflesnd
freedom in fpeakirg,, to declare patticnlaily fuch Books come forth, fuch
Sermons Preached, fuch Practifes plaid, fuch perform preferred and fuffcred,
fuch parcialiry u'ftd, &c. in reference to the Sectaries, thst mnft recover us •
there's no way to put a flop to things, and fave all from mine, buc prcfenc
courage and heroick refolucicn , and lets fpeak our, and fuflfcr no longer $
company of giddy, cunning lelf feeking Sectaries, to betray the Truth of
God, and to abufear.d undo two Kingdoms : And I would not doubt ir, if
the AiTembly, Orthodox Minifters of the Ci:y and Countrey, would but be
couragious, and appear effectually in their Miniftery ; they would make all
theSectaries and their friends weary, and afharced of thetrade they drive,
and the courfe they take (they being guilty of fuch foul matters, both agair ft
the Church and the Civil Peace ; yea, Kingdom of Scotland, City of London
the Reformed Churches, and Parliament. J Lets therefore fill all PreiTe?
caufe all Pulpits to ring , and fo pciTefle Parliament, City, and whole King-
dom againft the Sects, ar.d of the evil of Schifm, and a Toleration, that we
miy no more hear of a Toleration, nor of feparated Churches (being hattfi.1
nimes in the Church of God. ) And if any Minifters fhould be afraid of
firTe ring in places where they live, becaufe the Sectaries have a powerful in
fluence in feme parts, and set in wayes of molefting and troubling thcfe
who oppofe them ; let them confider they cannot fuffer upon a more honor
able point, then in oppofing by all lawful wayes, as by Preaching, Wririnf,
the coming in of a formal, legal Toleration of Herefie, Schifm ,-srd all
Doctrine which i? contrary to godlinefle, and to the peace of Church and
State. It hath been the defire and care of godly Minifters in the Bifhops
times, when God called them to fuffcr, that they might fuflfer upon feme point
which was clear, and not upon words or matters by the by. Now the oppo
fing the Sects of thefe times, and that greit defire of a Toleration of all Re
ligions, pleaded for fo much by many, are points will bear us out before God •
and all who come after us (it ever a Toleration fhonld be granted) will fay
when they fee and feel the mifcheifs of a Toleration ., Thefe were good and
wife men, that had their eyes in their heads and looked afar off, 3$ ©frcn as
new evils arife in the Kingdom upon a Toleration; this which they have done
againft a Toleration, wilibefpoken with honor of them throughout allGe-
nerations, and in other Chriftian Kingdoms.
v Minifters in their meetings, fhould advife and agree together, to confider
of,
Errors of the Sectaries. 93
o*, and think upon fome wayes and means, for the preventing the further
growth of the Stcts , preferving thdr people from the infection, and the
remedying of them; and therefore it: were good, that in the City and in each
County, the Orthodox godly Minifters would chufe a company among them-
felves, nuke a Committee to artend upon this Work, and draw up fome
things that might be ufcful to put a Hop to our Errors which might come
forth in the name, not of any one ruin, bur of all; as many eyes fee more
thenone, and many hands build-* up nsore - So acts and waycs propounded
by a Community, many Minifters carry more weight and authori:y, then
done by one fingli Mimfter ; and therefore it were good to fct forth fome
Books againft the Errors of our time?, wi h joynt confenr, in the name of all
the Minittx-rs, to fend ou: fome grave Admonition to the people, in the name
of the City Minifters, fu';fcribcd by all, to warn thcpeople, in the Name cf
God to beware of the Errors of th.-fe times, and to withdraw Irom Sectaries,
and to return again into the bofom of the Church ; and laftly, lor the Mi-
nifters to make a Remonft ranee of all the Errors, Hercfies, Bhfphemits,
Schifms, Infolencics, Tumults, that have b^en in En^ljnd thefe lad five yeen,
out of all the Printed Books, Publike Sermons, Preachings in private houfcs,
Difcourfcs of the Sectaries ; and with a Petition humbly to prefent it to both
Houfe«, with hands fubfcribed of all the Orthodox godly Minifters in this
Kingdom. In the beginning of the Parliimenr, there was fuch aRemon-
ftrancc, containing the Errors in Doctrine, Innovations in \Vorfh:p, Tyian-
nical Pr;ct fes in Government in rhcBilbaps dayef, wi:h about eight hundred
Minifters hands fublcribed to it ; and all know the good thit came of it;
But now there's a more fruitful fuld to walk in, more ma'ter, (lunger D>
clrines, greater Blafphemie^ lnnova:ions in Worfhip, horrible Infolencies
xn:l D.furders^or fuch a lit- monft ranee; and who knowf, but if this were
done fully (as it might) wi:h a thoufand hands of Minifters fubfcribed tor,
and fct before the Parliament, it rr.igh: do as good an Orfice for the Sectaries,
as for the Prelates and their Courts ?
3. To thefe, and all other wayes ufed by the Minifters, they ciuft pray
much to God, and call upon him night and day, that be would -prevent and
caft out of this Church all the Errors, Herefies, Roors of bittcrncfle, ?oy.-
fonous Principles got in among us, and to give a mifcarrying womb to the
Sectaries, thit they may never bring forth that mis ftupen BafUrd-Monfter
of a Toleration (which is part lift, part FleCh, and part neither of both ;
that hath one part like a Fifh, another like a Beaft, a third part like a Man,)
Minifters muft give themfelves continually to prayer , as well as MiniRers of the
Work) Afts6. 4. Praying as well as Preaching againft the Errors of ihe
times; and therefore, lee the Miniftery pray, pray, pray, yej, fair, and pray
Catalogs And Dtfcwery »f
againft the Sects, and agiinft the much beloved Toleration, faying with
'Davidy I will yet pray againft their Vcickedntfrc : Let's complain to God, how
his Truth is trodden down, his name blafpherned, the Crown of his Glory
prophaned, the Scriptures derided, the Mimftery of his Word defpifed, the
Church and Sacraments denyed j yea, all Religion ready to be loft j and letj$
«ry to him with 1>avid , Pfal. 1 IQ. 1 26. It it time for thee Lord to Vvorl; • for
they haveiJMtde void thy Laft, thy Gofpel, Faith,
Book intituled. Toleration yea, and the Light of Nature and Reafon, pleading
/jf/K/.ftg.S*. for a Toleration of all Blafphemies , and denying
there is a God. Minifters have caufe to take up that Payer in Cant. 2* 15.
Take w the foxes, the little Foxes that (poll the Vines j for our Vines have tender
grapes : And that in yfalm 70. O God, the heathen are come into thine inheri
tance. Alexander the devout Bilhop of Alexandria, was famous for his
prayers againft Arriusy and did as much againft him as Athanafitu by his deep
Tbad.b*«. Fd«/.tf*.4. Disputations and Arguments. Theodoret relates of
ie Ario. Alexander , That when he was commanded by
Conftantinc, upon pretence of Repentance to re
ceive Arriut into the Church, he went into the Temple with two more, caft-
ing himfclf down before God, weeping and praying, that he Vtouldnot fuffer
f Jv Wolf to be mingled With the Sheep • in his Prayers faying, Lordy but ifthott
fermitteft him to come in, neither can thy }udgementt be fearchedtatt take aft>Aj
thy fervant out of t his prefent life. And upon Alexander's Prayers, the next
morning immediately Arriw was fmittenby God,
* Ham. (? plfi Magiftrifunt and died mifer ably .his bowels falling our. * Luther
fUg* divinaira, nonCecMtc obferves that the Prayers of Minifters unroGod
9lmfwulicfriulittke*#tt do oft more againft Hercfies and falfe Teachers
tlaam carnaltf. idcoauemiig'tf , , . . TU ., . .
nation bumilM DtumfL chen cheif Arguments, f^ing, That Heieticks and
go. tvcrtcnda, & Dem fhc&it- falfe Teachers are the itrokes of Divine wrath to
dtts3%u<un viribm mgenii aut a Church or Kingdom j as heretofore a carnal
trttditionii cum ik nngredieii- Sword was Gods plagu« to a carnal people ; and
dm utvMm* ft Vdmtfc- therefore thc ftrok, is ro be more turned away,
TCJitts provocan Koitrts Ucry'MK3 , ^ , , ., , , , i. _, .V
m« noftrorum tfirum. Jmpii «nd God to be r^onciled by hurdle Prayer with
VofoesfMtpanateccawum, him, then to deal with them by itrengrh of Wit
CT fumm* T>ei iniignmo : and Learning , that fo the victory may be upon
And fpeakino of Reafons Our tears (God fliewing t/iercyj and not of our
ffi£&y^ rrkl; AndL^fpeakingof Hereticks, faith
donee bxtncxcelfieosimmtot, they are n<* overcome with force of Arguments,
fued ut fata } nwjidutitt.in- nor with Reafons : They grow prtud and infttlt
genii, eloquently cruditiouJs over 4% tkefe t and prevail till ihe right hand of the
dbumiliflA. Hiffkchanve them : Vhitk tk*t Ctd maj do, *e
eft. Luth, * * •*&
^ —
many Err ours tf the Se ft/tries. 9 5
not prefume nor tru{l upon ft it, learning elo~
^ttt God u to he implored teitk humble earne/l
. Gabriel ToKtl who was io Zealous againft rtieOtMcl Fowl* Book
_. , c emituled, A conhdei anon of
Popery and the Toleration of it , as to write fo thc Paplfts Reafon$ of Statt
many Books, did alfo exprelk his tears, and make and Relig:on, tor Toleration
an humble Petition unro God agai;ift thrm, full of of Popery in their fupplicati-
z^al and sftedion ; and therefore Minifters in our on to thc King, ™d'hc ft*1"
denes, wherein not o»ely principle, of Popery are itRnSKST* "
»2i itamed, but all other Hereiics, yea, and a ge- yldc Thc Authors Tears
neral Toleration aymed at as appears by the great- ana Humble Petition unto
eft number of Books Printed on that Argument, Almighty God.
{hould according to that cxhortat.on in the Pro
phet Joclt Weep between the Forehand the Altar, And f*j, Sfarf thy pfoplf, O
Lord, and give not ikine heritage to reproach, Joel 2. 17*
2. The Migiftrates from the confideration of ali thefe Errors, Hertfles,
Blafphemits, fliould appoint and command a folemn general Faft, to be kept
throughout the Kmgdotr, for this very end, that thc Land might be humbkd
and mourn for thefe He refics, Biafphemies, &c. and for the grear growth,
and too much ftiffcring of them; and for the fearful breach of our folemn
Covenant withGod, we have had publike folemn Fafts, feveral times com
manded upon particular occafions ; and lately, one kept for feekiag God,
about the fetling the Government of the Church ; but we have had none yet
called, nor kept particularly upon this occafion of Hercfies, Schifms, Blafphe-
mie-s which is the faddcft of all. M^es that great Magiltrare, upon the peo
ples making a golden calf, and commiiting idolatry, faded the fecond time
fourty day-es and fourty nights , even prefently
after fading fourty dayes before , T^eut. 9. 1 8, i p. fide New Annotations on
compared with Vcife 9, u. (the number of four- #«"• 9- I0- and ^"/»- ™
ty daye«, arefundry times mentioned in the Scri-
pture for humiliarion) and have not our Magiftrates great caufe to Fjft, for
the golden Calfs made by the people, the ftrange opinions and worfhips of
thefe times, and to be afraid of the anger and hot difpleafure, wherewith the
Lord may be wroth againft us todeftroy us. Thofe two damnable Errors of
denying the Doctrine of the Trinity, and Divinity of Chrift (if there hid
been no more) which have been openly and publikely maintained byfome,
and arc held by many, were as juft a caufe for faftingand humiliation, as the
Ifraflites golden Calf ; thefe opinions (befides all
the other wickedncffe of them) being Idolatries. . Voct Thef
* Learned V**um (hews excellently that Antitn- uMm pog. de-
rtcarians and -Socinians are moft bafe Idolaters, fart. Mi. fctt. a. cr 4
Sod-
96 i^f Catalogue and Difcovery of
Socinianos effc idilolatru & and that their Idolatry is more evident and groflc
quidem tur^o^quippcqui then the Papifts in praying to the Virgin Mary
Tcr mum iUum "cohi-li *niwd and Samrs : I'he Magiftrates in Ifrael were wont
Dcum conditorm omnium, di- uponBlafphemies againft God,to proclaim publike
vino cuitu adortmt Christum, Faftf, to call folcmn Aflemblies, as is manitcil * in
it- i Kings 21. p. And therefore Jefabel, when (he
would have falfe witneiTes fuoorned to accufe
Naboth of blafphemy, gives order according to
1,1*5 I**** vftvu-tv uni/iin,*} nvfitj* t /!_ i /•• ^
conccdcnd* sttinun. quti- eft the cuitome that was among Ifrael, that the Elders
tdolol(itnamiiltoevidentior,& and Nobles fhould proclaim a Faft. When Rabfe-
nugk theoretic* AC craft, quam cah blafphemed God, Eliakitn the fon of Hityiah
tx.gr. eft invocetio Mart*, & ancl shebna the Scribe,^, rent their clorh'es;
* "Zuuiiu K' ' i a when Hea.ekj.ah heard of the Blafphemics, he
Ccetum indifo jejtuiio con-jo' renc nis clothes and covered himfelf with fack-
ettc, ut pro msrepublico con. cloth, and went into the Houfe of the Lord • and
vent* dc malefciu inquifitio Sliakim, and Shehna the Scribe, and the Elders of
babettur. the Priefts were covered with fackcloth ; all which
actions were wont to accompany, and did txprefle
fafting and great humiliation : And He^ekiah went in to the Houfe of the
Lord, fp reading the blafphemous letter before the Lord, and prayed, and fent
to Ifaiah upon the blafphemy, to lift up his prayer for the remnant that was
lefr. And is there not great reafon for our Magistrates, in refpect of all the
blafphemous opinions, and blafphemous fpeeches which have been in this
Kingdom wiihin thtfe fewyeers, and lately, (many particulars whereof are
laid down in this Catalogue) to call upon us to faft and pray, to rend cur
hearts and to be humbled ro the duft, to appoint fokmn dayes cf humiliation,
becaufe of all the Errors, Heretic?, Blafchemies ; and may not we fpred be
fore the Lord, in the Houfe of the Lord, all the Herefies and Blafphemies con-
tained in this Book, as Hezefyah did Ttubfecahs letter, praying to God, and
laying our months in the duft, if fobe there my be hope, faying, This day is
a d.iy of trouble y and of rebtikc, and of bla(phemj • for the children are come to
the birth, and there is noftrcngth to bring forth. In Afatth. p. 1 5. Chnft (hews
that the cheifeft ground of fafting in the Gofpel for Chriftians, is the raking
Vide Aafw. in Exod. 33.3. awaj of the Bridegroom, the loft of Chnft, The
Bridegroom [ball be taken from them, and then fhaU
they faft. In Exod. 33. 3, God telis Mofes, That for their fin in the golden
Calf, he would not go up in the midft of them, they fliould lofe his prefence,
to wit, the vifible figne of his prefence, as in the cloud, that is (as the Hebrety'
Doctors fay) The font of Ifrael ntade the golden calf, and the^loriow cloud
Vchieh overfitdo'toed them, ftvw taken a"toAyt And they remained uncovered. Now
upon
Errors tf the Sttfaries. 97
upon this evil tydings of lofing a vifible figne of Gods prcfence , the people
mourned and did not put on their ornamcntf; nayinverfe}. God calls up
on them , roput oft ihdr ornaments from them , that he may know what to
do unto them , thac is , to faft and pray , to humble their ibuls, and ftiew
fruits of repentance, ( for patting oft' ornaments ufed to accompany falling,
Ion* $.6. *SarH.i2.i$tio. £4*10.3,9. Ezra $.4.) And whit caufe then
is there in this Kingdom for fclemn failing and prayer above any time fmce
the Reformation, feeing thatsa fpecial Gofpel faftingday , and time of hu
miliation , the loflfc of Chrift , and the withdrawing of Gods prcfertce ?
Now take away purity of Doftriac and worfhip from a Church , and Chrift
withdraws : Errors and Hcrefies drive Chrift away who is the truth , and
deny the Lord who brought his Church. And therefore towards the remo
ving and prevening of the wrath of God, I judge it needful for the Parlia
ment, to call and appoint feme fokran faft s of this nature , to confeOfcthc
Errors , Herefies , and Blafphemies of thefe laft yccrs , and to cry mightily
to God not to vilk the land for them.
2. The Magistrates, together with the commanding of a folemn Faft, in re
gard of the many Errors and tke breach of the National Covenant, fhould call
•poo the people for a folemn renewing of the late Covenant, and that upon
thofe Faftings dayes , and rhould fend forth fome Orders to the Minifter*,
to lay open to the people the breach of the Covenant , and the danger of it,
and to ftir them up to renew and keep it better. In the f.cond Bookofthe
ChronicUt we (hall read , that after great corruptions and degenerations,
the good Magiftrates , Af* , Ht**k**h > hjUh , renewed their Covenant,
and caufed all the people to do fo to ; and cor.fidering what a woful falling
from the truth and breach of the Covenant hath been in this Kingdom , fince
ike taking of it ( as for inftance, Weftoetrto tke moft High God, to root out
*nd extirpate nil Hcrcfit , Scloifm , and *htttf*rver tDottri»e it contrary to god-
line fe ; and fince the Covenant , they have grown more and been fuffered
more ihen before ) there's a great deal of need that on Faftdayes appointed
for humiliation for the Herefies , Schifms, &c. the Covenant fliould be anew
taken, and kept better by us.
3. Together with the Publike Fafts and renewing the Covenant , the Ma-
giftrate to focw his deteftation and abomination of the Errors , Herefies of
the times, (hould command that in the clofeof the Faftingdayes , the wic
ked Books Printed of late yeers, ( fome whereof Licenfrd , difperfed, cryed
np ) fhould be openly burnt by the hand of the Hangmin: As the Books en-
tituled, Mortality of M*x, The 'Sloodj Tenet, Contfa/fionate Samaritan,
The ftormtMg of Antickrift, The ^Pil^rima^e of Saixts, Toleration JHftififd,
e of Gods love mtnifffitd, The Arraignment of Perfection, Stcred De-
Nn -• -'
A Catalogue and Difcovery of
cretal, Af.irtins ECC',IO, Difeovery ef the man of fin, The Smokt in the Temple,
witii many others. Aloft* in 'Dem. 9.21. tels fjrael dm he took their fin, the
caU which they made, and burnt it wich fire : O that our Magiftraces would
take rh< fe calves of the people, thefe Idol Books and burn them with fire ;
O what a burnt cfRring, a fiveet fmelling facrifke would this be to God ?
There was a Book burnt by command of Authority, about fome five monechs
ago, called Comfort for Believers, with a Declaration made upon ic by the
Affembly ; O what a goodiy Bonenre would all the Heretical and Erroneous
Books rmk?, that have been printed in England within thtfe four laft yeers,
with afolemn D, deration to bepublifhrd at their burning?
4, After all chefe, the Magiftrates i'houid execute fome exemplary punifn-
rneiv: upon fome of the mod notorious Sectaries and Seducers, and upon the
wilful Abrtters of thefe abom nable Errour?, namely, the Printers, D iptr-
fers; and Licenfcrs, and fee themfelves with all their hems, to finck out
wayes, to take fome courfe to iupprefle, hinder, and no longer fufe\:r thefe
things : Topuc out forr;c D..:ciar3.tion againft the: Errours and wayes of the
Sectaries-, as their knding Eaiiffaries into all parts cl the Kingdom to poy-
fon the Counrreys, as their dipping of perfons in the cold water in winter,
whereby perfons fail Tick, dye, &c. declaring that they iliali be proceeded
agiinft as Vagrants and Rogues chit go from
" OccotwpAd. Country to Country : and if any fall ffck upon
rr*: *«« Dipping and dye they (hall be E.difcd
tionm qu* nimirum dcdmi "?«" the Statute of killing ihe Kings Subjects,
fuit, poji aliM jive publics, and proceeded againft accordingly. Tis related
five privutitf, aquii mcrgerequi of the Senate of Zurick^ thatahey made a Decree
merfeut bapiifmo enm ^riu 9^\D^ the Anabaptifts, after they "had been dealt
withal by ten feveral Difputations^ and continued
ftill obftinate, that whofoever rebiptized any that had been formerly bapti-
'zed, he I'houid be caft into the water and drowned. And in one word, to
caufe all the people to (land to the Covenant ; as *:is faid offo/iAh, 2 Chrsn.
34. 32.: that is, to keep them in (uch awe, by the Magiftrates Authority and
Penal Laws, as that they fbalJ net dare but ftand to the Covenan*.
5. To all thefe, the Magiftrate flionld adde the fpeedy eftsblilliing and fet-
ling the whole frame of the Governfnent of the Church, in all the Officers,
Aflfemblie?, and Cenfure?, without which this Church will never be brought
into Unity, nor Errours prevented from riling up, or fupprefled when grown.
3. Private Chriftians, they ftsould do fomething, confidering the Errours
and Herefies of thefe times : Firft, mourn, and figh in fecret, be as the Doves
of the Valliesj mourning for the dishonour of God and his Name, (he mine
ani (kftruclkm of fouls, like thofe in E*xkylt cap. 9. 4, Secondly, they
ftiould
m/tny Errors tf the Sr& tries. 99
fhviuld take heed, and be fearful moretheq ordinary of [he Errors of thefc
times, and beware lead they be led away,- Chriftians have many exhorta
tions given them in this kinde, byChrift and his Apoftles io beware: As
Afatsj.ii. andi6.6. Mark^S. 1 5 .Phi/. 3 . 2 . ^Ptt^.ij. Co/of.2.& they had
need beware of the fheeps clothing, or: Satan transformed into an Angel of
l:ghc , and in.it they may be preferved ; yec ihey muft fliun their focie'y and
company , be afraid of converfing and being familiar with them, having partly
with rhem ( for they have many fubrile arguments to intangle , fained words
to make merchancite of people, good words and fair fpeeches, ro de
ceive the hearts of fhe fimple) fo Chriftians arc commanded, "^w. 16.17. to
avoid them, * TVif.j. J. ro turn away from them ( 'as fpoken of Sectaries )
a lohio.n. not ro receive them in to houfe, neither bid them God fpeed,
give them no countenance. O the zeal that haihbeen in the Primitive times
jjgainft keeping of company and familiarity with Hereticks ! As in Saint John
againft Cerintkiw ^ in 'TolicArput againd Mtrcion: And truly, when I look
upon forne Chriftians , I wonder how they dare keep company to be familiar
xvith fome Sec^hries of ihJs time; as Brighter , Web, Htch, Erbury, Dent
Randal, 1>Aul Hohfan , Lam , and fuch like. 2. They muft take heed of go
ing to their Conventicles and Churches , ro hear them Preach and Exercife :
Thofe pnvare meetings are the nnrferies of all Errors and Heretics, very
Ptft-houfes. Tis ftoried of Ittlian the Apoftata> that he came tofall from
Chriftian Religion , by going to the School of Libaxiut theSophifter, where
he heard Declamations againft Chriftians; and many by going to the Secta
ries Sermons and Exercifes , where they declaim againft our Cnurch and Mi-
niftery , pretending great Reformation , and purity , come to fall to their
Errors and wayes. Tis Solomons counfel, Prov. 1 9. 27. Ceafe my Son to hear
tbeinftrttStion that caufeth to errefrom the Words of knowledge • and Chriftians
fhonld ceafe from rhofe that preach Errors, and no: lead therofelves into
temptation lead God leive them , but rather ever; good Chriftian (hould fay
of the feparated meetings of thefe times , as old lacob of Simeon and Lei/i, O
ntyfottly come viot than into their fecrcts , tty.to their Afiemblies wine, hover h
not thott united. $. Chriftians hid need to pray much tfut God by his fpiri't
would lead them into all truth , and keep them from being kd into Tempta
tion , thac he who keeps the feet of his Saints would keep them ; we are fain
into thofe tinaes , wherein if ir were poflible the very Ek<5t fhould be decei
ved, ( yea, without all queftion ) forrj£ of the Eleft are deceived in thefe
times, and led away with too many Errors fora while; and therefore we
had need pray and pray, that we may have fuch an undion from the hoty
One, whereby we may know theTrurh from Error. 4. Chriftians (hou'd
grow in Grace, laying out what ftcck they have, doing what they know, and
Nn 2 fo
i o o <_xf CAtAltgut And, Difetvtry 0f
fo they fliail know more, ^ Pet^.ttlt. and that will be a good means to pre-
ferv« them. 5, Private Chriftians for a remedy of thefe Errours, Herefies,
&c. fiiould h\ ail humble manner Petition the Magiftrates again and again,
thai fome conrfe may be taken agaicft the Errours, Herefies,BUfp heroics, &c.
of thefe times, reprcfenting the fad condition of their Countrey?, Parishes,
£ : jmiSies,aod laying open how their Wives and Children are ftoln from them,
and taken away againft their wils : How they have no command of their fer-
vants, no quiet in their Families, no peace to them that come in, nor to them
that go our. If any perfons (hould go about to fleal from us our children, fons
and daughters, to cany them over beyond Seas, and that in all Parifhes Chil
dren were taken away, what a cry would there be, and Petitions put up to
the Magiftrates to remedy this / Now behold there are worfe fpirits abroad
then thofe, that go up and down from City to Coumrey, and from one
Counrrey Co another, t© fteal.away our Wives, Children, Servant?, and to
carry them to worfe places then New Plantations, namely to Kell ; and £ball
Chnftians fit (till and fufFer all, and not lay open their cafe to them who may
help and remedy thefe things ?
1 5. Coral. Hence then from all thefe Errors, SecT:«, Herefies, Biafphtmies,
and ftrange Pracllfes of the Sectaries, vented in a few yeers, and fo many ob-
ferved by one «nan, we may fee and learn what a v^ft thing Errour is, how
endkfle 'us, without all bank or bottome, a whirl-pool and bottomlefTe gulf,
Errour knows no end ; when once men forfake the narrow and ftraight
way of Truth, they wander in infinitui* • look as 'tis in Phiiofophy, una a&-
fordo date mille ftquuntttr, one abfurdity being granted, a thoufand follow-
fein Divinity^ as 'tis with (ins, bloud touchtth bloud, and one fin draws
another, till there be a long chain, and one wiekedneffe is maintained by ano*
therj little fins make way for great, and one brings in all: So in Errors there's
a chain to, and one Error is brought to defend another. Idolatry and Will-
worfhip, the Error* of that hand are unfatiable, ffiiildply excedively, as the
Ffophet E&thiel fpetk* in the 16. of E*jechiel> of the unfatiablenefle of Jf-
r»f*lent, whence once (he fell to Idolatry, how (lie committed whoredom
with the €gjfti<tnry how fhe placed the Harl»t with the dffjri*ns^ becaufe
unfatiable, and yet could not be fatisfied, how. (he moreover multiplycd for
nications in the Land of Canaan unto CaldtAy and yet not fatisfied, ver.it,
aEjsp. And we fee in Popery there's no end of their Soperftitions and WilU
wor(hip?, of the number of their Saints, Images Altars, Ceremonies, &c.
And fo 'tis i'a Errors on the right hand, and in all forts of Erroneous wayes.
The "Dmatiflt among themfelves brake into many pieces, into Mi**t*Jafr»-
Jt*l4.> as tsfugttftint fpcaks, and that not onely falling from one Schifm to ano-
ther, rcw upon rent, but fell from Schifm to Herefie, and from one Herefie to
another,
Et rors of the St£tt\rits . i o i
inother,many Donatift* \3i\\\r £ to be
•z/iw writing againft chc Libertines. faith of them, ^m- f-4-
If he (hould take upon htm to mention or comprehend all, he (hould never
make an end. For there have be en divers Sefts of that way both in HollAKJ,
BrabAnt, and in the oiher parts of Lowei Germany ; and therefore he would
onely fpeak of them that had difturbed thofe pans to wlvch he had fpecial re-
htioo. The old AnibapriiU it 11 fnco fomany Se£ts and Fa&ioH«,and iivo fo
many contrary Opinions and D ftlrences, as that lome thought it impoilible
to fet them all down in order; and therefore p ,/,- . r A
ZW/Mrpr in writing of the Anabapufts, profits ^"^ * ^3
he will not endeavour exactly and hrgr ly to de-
fcribe all the fcveral Se(5ks ot Anabaptifis, as being nor pofiibie to be done ;
and in the chief FaAuons which he names under feveral heads, he fK?ws alto
they are no* of the fame O^uiion, erenin the fame poiurs. And to whit
ftrange praftifes tfee Anahaptifts (ell, both at Afwftcr and other phtes, Hi-
ftories are full of. The Netbtrttiui Armiotans wko .it fir(\ fell into Errors but
in a few points, the five (aithcy are commonly cillrd) in a few years, into
what He redes of all forts dtd they fall, as into Socinian'fm, Libcrtin;fm,Ana.
baptifm, Scepticiftn ? Many of the Remonftrants
Minifters were guilty of the Socinun Error*, and *'*& V^tium de Tolerarjtia
in their Churches did nourifh and tolerate all Anti-Trinitariorow. Mini-
• ri if LiJLr T Itn RcmonltiantL-s non pauci
thofe whom they knew to hold the Socmran Te- in Socinianis Error, bu» de-
nets, and worfe too. And now the Sectaries of ptchenfi inter quo* celtbus
our time?, who a few years ago were generally Hcnrk. Slacifms , Adolphus
Independents or Brownifts at moft, into whtt Vcn:«or> Gfiftcrani Juo, &
Errou rs are they fallen, and into what Pradifes, "omP Xlrc* lnt 8Zu^ "olfer
\ , , r ... o»a, Anno i6i»}C^ To. Vii*
running every day further and further, adding Voctium in Thcj. JcncaiTIr.
daily out of pretence of New-light and Revela- & militate Dogmat. de Tri-
tion, one horrid Error, or new Ordinance cr nit. quod Rcmonftrames in-
other, fo that they are fallen to damnable Here- ter fuos tokrarem, fovmnt,
fies, BUfpkemies, and come round so thofe Pra- JSS^A^S
Aifes and Principles for which at fiift they pre- aut pejoribus opinion bus de-
tended to fall from us. This whole Book in many libutos piohe noverant. Ex.
particulars I have given,is a full proof of this; and gr-Wclfingiu/rcmbcrgiiun.
yet to what they will fall , the Lord onely knows.
We may fear many of the Sectaries will, as as Mnnfltr, runup and down na
ked in the ftreets , and come to thofc unheard of cruelties and prophaneflcs
related by Hiftorians of thofe Anibaptids. Look as it was with fome Popifh
fpirits ia thofe late times when men ran a madding after Popifh Innovations
and Ceremonies, and Dr, Crfm and others, they were infatiible,daiiy find
ing
1 02 A Catalogue And Difwvery fff
ing out fome Innovation or other to bring into their Chappels and Worfhip
of God, adding this wetkone new Invention, and the other week another,
and fo on.till in fome things they went beyond Popery in their outward wor-
flupsj and had they been let alone, God knows what they would have come
to by this time : fo fome Sectaries in our times are fallen from one point ro
another, denying finging of Pfalms, denying all Prayers with others, denying
all Preaching, denying the Scriptures, bringing in Love-Feafts, anointing the
(ick with Oyl, laying on of hands to give the gifts of the holy Ghoft, cum
Hence then from all thefe Errors, Hertfies, Blafphemies,ScHfms
and It range PracYifcs that are among us,we may fee the benefit and excellency
of the P res byte rial Government, that prevents and keeps out thefe Monfters
and Diforders, or if any of them begin to arife, quickly fupprefles them, and
hinders their growth. Presbyterial Government, as foon as an Error doth but
peep out, will finde it, and take it (ingle before it grows into a body,and cruflv
it in the egge, before ic comes to be a flying ferpent, which is made good by
experience of it in all the Reformed Churches where 'tis fetled in power;
Where have we ever read of,or have found in the Church ofScot/attfltFraMCfj
&c. fuch things as in the Independent Churches ? The like Errors, Herefies,
and Confufions as have grown up among us now within thefe four years ne
ver grew in all the Reformed Churches fince thefirft Reformation. And
whoever will he further fatUfied of Gods blefling from Heaven, the Presby
terial way, wkh prefervation of truth, and unity of Religion againft Herefies
and Sthilms, let him read the Antapologiff, or The full Anffter to the Apologe-
tical A7rfnvm'0»,p,2p7,298,2Qp,30Q.oniy I will new gire one ttitimony of the
Church of Scotland concerning the benefit and excellency ofPresbyc.Govern-
menr, which the Reader raay finde in the Preface
E/f EcclejiaScoumcafrivik- to tne Sjntaymc of Confejjions tf the Reformed
giun rtrumtT* mnl^in^ cbltrch fhit ^ a T(ire rivile.e Of the chffrch
ciui nomen apud c^teros futt ce* . , . . & J .
lebre, quod circitcr twos p IVA °f Scotland, above many other Churches, for
mi-nut 54 fine fcipMtc, nciium mafah the name of that Church hath been famoMt
bereft.,, yniutcm cym puritate that for about the (pace of fifty four years, wore or
VoftriM retinue-fit. Sic in i€rre it did Without Schifm or Here fie keepVniij
Elog. yrtfu. dc^fcffion. in . h - . ^ Dodrine.
prviapto Syiit. Confcf. p. 6. "., 7 > . . , ,. \ r -•
Edit. Geneva. i6iz, An« ncw *opuf a period to ?his Book, I dtnre
tiie good Reader not to be miftaken, or offended
at my freedom in this Book, in. naming fo many perfons,and marking fome of
them, or in my quickneffe and earneftQeffein the manner of fpeaking things,
ac if I did it out of bitternele and psffion , or out of ill-will and malice to
the perfons of thofe men j no, I can fay it truly in the prefence of God, 'tis
out
Errors of the Sector KS. \ 03
out of zeal ro the truth of God, and compaflion to the fouls of men dcftroyed
by thefe Errors, proceed ng ilfo from fad and ferious confideraiion of 'hi
difcharge of my duly : and I can fry ic truly of all thofc men whom I prii ci-
pilly hy oper, ind give ihe people warning of, that I have had nothing to ao
with thenij& they have noi wronged me at all, but as they have wronged the
truth and the glory of God; and among all cfaefe notorious Std.me«, exce
pting Brighter, and out or t w o more, I knew them not fo much as by f <ce,
having never fo Much, ro my knowledge, as feen nem : I never f.av Deny
Bitch, CUrksw, t'aul HA'f<»->, W-A>) Lant(?> Marfial, witii msny others na
med in this Book. At<d therefore to take eft all prejudice from the Reader
a**ainii me, at d this prdenc B-jpk, I willmake ufe c f the words of Zuin^litu
and C'llvii) two great iiglrs of the Church, writrtn upon the fame occ&fion,
oneagainft the Anabaprifb,and th; oihera^ainfl Fj.::ci};<s, zui>:eliMc<ntr*C*-
the Libertines : Good Keatfe^perhaps I do for.e- tjb*pt'i[lM} p. 17,1$.
what ag-'ir-ft ihy ftomack propound thefe tHing?
to thet',but truly no volence 01 r.ige of mmde hafh dr:wn me ro it, but my
faithful cire and foil cicudc f >r the Churches, tor there sre many of the
Brethren, who when they tiid no: kr.o.v what kindeof mtn thefe were, did
thtJ.k whitfoever wii fud a^.ii; il them, was roo harfh znd bitter : But now,
when as their flocks begun to be dtftroyed by them, they then by Letters
and cryes have called upon us, confdTi ig thofe things to be more then true,
wrv.ch before ih;y had heard : I am net ignorarr, Clhin Jn^mSh ^^ Li_
that it wtll not oe well taken by all, trut I name bertiu, c.4.p £0^604,605.
thefo men. But what lliould I do, when as I fee
three or four feducers, who do lead into dtftruclion many thoufands of men,
making it their daily work to overthrow the truth of God, to flatter the
poor Church, tofpread abominable Blafphemies, andtodifhub the world
With confufion, ought I to be filent or diffemble ? O how cruel Ihould I be
for the (paring or pkafing of fomc, to fufF:rall things to be dettroyed and
. wafted, and not to warn men to take heed ? If I knew a way to be laid by
Thieves, were it not my- part to reveal ir, that fo the travellers might not fall
into their hands ? ought I to conceal YVirche?, who would confpire the death
of the people ? Now there is no theft fo wicked, nor poyfon fo pernicion«y.s
abominable Doftrine, which tends not onely to overthrow all Chtiftian Re.-
Hgton,but ail honcfty and humanity ; fhall I therefore be filen: Mam com
pelled therefore to make an outcry againft thefe men. There were never
Monfters more to be abhorr'd then wrifaer, Web, Hitch, CUrkjon, and
their fellows ; Qiould I fpeak againft the Pope and Papifb, and (pare them,
who are worfe enemies, and do overthrow the (ruth rnore? For the Pope
h.th feme Form of Rcligiotij and doth not take away the hope of eternal
life,
104
A Catalogue and Difc&vtry of
life, (hews God is to be feared, acknowledges Chrift to be true God and
man, gives fome authority to the Word of tJod; But to thefe men, this is
their end, thst they might mingle Heaven and Earth, bring ail Religion to no
thing, abolifh all Learning, cauterife all mens conferences, and in the end,
leave no difference between men and beafts, Now he who keepeth the feec of
his Saints, keep us in thefe evil times from all Errors, and by his holy fpiric
lead us in;:o ail truth, Amen, Amcv,
POSTSCRIPT.
GOod Reader , Jince that part of my prefent Book^at printed off> Vthich con
tains the Catalogue of the Errors, Herefies , 22 lafphemies , and'Pra^lifes
of the Stftarics, together With the j^arrat ive if Stori es and remarkable Pafra-
ges , there have come to my hand Books lately come forth ; at alfo Illations from
good hands , informing me of mort £rrors , TZUfyhemies , andftrange Paffages
of the Sectaries , fome thereof I Vtilladde by Way of Pojtfcript , namely , four
ether Errors not before named, that I may make up the hundred and feventy fix,
juft 4 hundred and four [core, and a ffVv other Stories of Note.
I . Error. That the form by Vohich men 'Sap.
Mr. Stltmfrjb fmokc in the t^e^ / #apti*,e theein the ^ameof the Fa
ther, the Son, and the Holy Ghoft , « a Form of
mans devifwg, a Tradition of man, and not a Form left by Chrift.
2. That thefe Script&res o/Mit. 20.19. Mark 16.15. Go, and teach ail Na
tions, baptizing them , arenotunderftoodof'Baptiz.ingVfithVtater, but of the
Spirits bapti^in^ , er the Baptifm of the Holy Ghoft • and that the 'Baptifm of
C'hrift by Veater , "frat onely in the Name of fejlw Chrift, not of the Father, Son,
find Hoi) Ghofl, eu u nrt? prattifed*
* 2 . That the Gofpel doth not more fet its fpirit
* Book intituled vnnormity . /, /. r * • i TL t • A t •
examined againft any thing of Anticbrijt , then agtunft thu
peiKt of External uniformity i* the Worfhip of God ;
and that uniformity if Antichriftian ; and uniformity is a piece of themyftery of
iniquity ; 'T« the burden of the Saints, the bondage of the Chureh, theftraight-
ning of the Spirit , the limitting of Chrift , and the tclipfing the Glory of the
Father.
4. Ckrifi
Erters of the Sect Aries. 105
4. Chrijt hath not promifed hu pre fence and Jpi- Thc COM*K is exprefly in
rit t0 Mmifttrt wore then to other believers , nor w-minif , for uniform*/ i%
m^rf to a hundred t t ken ta t fto or three ; andiftVeo Do&nne, wormip, difcipltne
cr three in t ' e Countrej being met together in the and Government, and yet
2t*mfofChriflt have Chrilt himicif Kith his Word them a Book printed and li-
^, „ . . ' , I J -I -i ccnled dircaly aeiinft it,
and Sptnt *».?*£ ikcmjk*) need not rub many milts branding it £ ^ h«J
to the Afemblj at London to knoVo Vehat to do, or wickedncffc.
lto$9 to carry and behave them f elves in the things of Tbcfc men may dy and write
God : And therefore for any company of men of &h<tt wlut ^ey pleak.
r*p»te joevfr , to (ct *p thfir o*n }ttdfement in A Ihl* i$A(P°^n inf «fcwnee
J. « / r „ , f *?• i to the Aflcmbly of Divine*.
Kingdom ftr a peremptory Rule from Khtch no man and of lwo orythrce ^
muftvarj , and to compel *U the faithful people of Chriftians in opposition to
God to fall do'fcn before it, &c. u afar VeorfeVoorl^ them, and fo ti$ notonelyan
t» my eyes then that of Kino Ncbuchadnt zzar/r*. error, but an odious falfhood,
tin?*9 a gotten Image, and Arcing aU to i ad before "J ibly fct up thcie
. * / • & r • - i fj , • r i * r L judgement foi a pcrcmetory
it , {eewg Sptrttftal Idolatry u Jo muck Vcor/e then lu\c £c^
Corporal , at the fpirit u better then thefi-Jlj : The
Spiritual Church u taught by the anointing, the Carnal Church by Councels.
On the 9. day of this prefent February, I was informed for cerrain that one
Cofcni of Roche fter in Kent faid, that fata Chrifl was a BafUrd.and that if he
were upon the earth again, he would be afhitncd of many things he then did,
for which Bafphemies, being proved againft him by witnefles, he was put in
to Prifon at Rochtfter ; but being committed, at the Scflions there came an
* Order from fome in place to the Recorder to
releafe him ; upon the receipt of which Order, the Th $ Oldtr was not LX tfie
Recorder, , Sergiant « Law, and a grave m,», „- £!SH££? Connlit-
fed tnele words, Co/ens, know you muft fnortly
come before another Court to anfwer for thefc words, where you ftull hare
no Order to releafe you : And now this man being at liberty, entertains in his
houfe the Sectaries that come from Lmdtn^i other places into thofe parts,is
Dfn,Lam^^ooJman,vihQh3iVC preacht in his houfe fincc; and this Co feus isVo
bold,' hat he dares threate to cjueftion & trouble godly orthodox Presbytcrial
Mimfterj, and goes to fome of their Churches to fee if he can get anv matter
againft them; for example, he hath gone to one Mr Clares* ^odly Minifter,
indthreatned upon hearing him to complain of him, and put in Articles a-
jair.ft him.
l^^ecemb. laft , a little before the monethly Faft. cane down Mr. "Dm
with Lamb to Jto&r#«r,and fcnt to a Reverend Minifter of that place to have
leave to preicfe j but he denying it, Lamb came to move for his Brother Den
j o 6 A Catalogue and Vifcovery of
er would ROC give way ; wheteupon in a notify on the Faft^av,
to about eighsfcore, fome who came out of Towns near hand,
and fonve ir;iubi:^trts: ihen he went from chence ro famerbttry, and cticie
back vfotti'RMheWer'ziid preached agsin ; in hiscraveh alfo he dipped many,
one of which being of the Town d'Cfrittam ft!l defperatdy fick upon ir, b»c
hether- dead or no, that i could not learn ; and a G.n:kwon.afi near Can-
terbttry wii D paed, (ot \#hofe Dipping the An-
Jcin:no't fay at the -fame time, abaprifts b^aft math) ihii by Dipping fhe was
cured of an incurable difeafc. i was irjortrstd alfo
for certain at. the fu.me'tiroe, ThstM-ftc. 'Denis turned Carter, arxTgaesto
Carr, .(holding that Erroneous cpui ;M) that Minifters nn--ft work with their
hi-noX and follow 'fohle worldly Ciih;'g; andrhat Df»hath driven a Csrc
tip iii the tiȤh way ro Lvn^n^ he was fcen 'o do ir, snd -fnc1 1 upon the way.
/^•/•r. 3.1 was informed for cerctin, that not: Ions ago Ozt-s an An>oap*Kl
and fovh'eof bis f..'ilows5wen' their progreflc inro 8\\ex to Preach and dio, T.d
'a^ibn^ on.er pi ces.they came tv Beforicfy : and on aTuefday at a -Lrdure
kfp.. -'.it: c, O^ffjsnd his Company with fome ol" theTowrwof rharF-cTon
when 'he Minifter Ivid done Preaching, went up in a -body fonv? twesty of
thrff, (divers of ihcm having Swords) into the upper part of the Charch, and
there quarrelled with the MinJfter that preached, pretending they would be
fatir ficd sbour fome things he hi d deli vend, fuy ing ro iiim,ht had net pvea<:ne<i
Frt-ejrrace : but the Minifter one Mafier Smith rcplye<f, i^ they would come
• to the place where' -hfe dined, he would fatisfie them, bur it was not a time
now to fpcak, befides that he was fpent: whereupon thtfe Anabaptifts turn
ed to the pjorle, and kid to them, they were under Antichrift, and in Anti:
chrifts way ; for fay they, Antichiifts wHy is firft to Baptize, then robeheve,
and preach : batChiifts wayis,firft to preach,ncxc to believe, and then to bap
tize ; and. fo they took occafion to fpeak to thepeoo'le, and ro preach univer-
fal Grace,& other of (heir EffoneousDo&rmes for almoft an hour: then after
this they came up through rhe rawn in a body together, divers of them having
fwofds, and carrying themfehes infoiently : And upon :his occafion fome of
the Town niecdng thim, and they falling out, there w»? a Ryot coromicteid,
and fome ®f them being brought to Ck,*lmsferd\ at a .Seffions it was found a
Ryot3and they were proceeded againft according co the Statuses in that cafe.
Mafter peters fince his bringing ihe good news
Tisfo related by the Mode*- of taking 2>dr/npMrrA, and his great reward of a
ate intelligence and hundred pounds and two hundred pounds a year
ramphktiers. . L- • ri_ ir< /rt-L-
given him, in way or thankfumeik hath impro
ved his time ti! that heTe?«rned back to the army,
in Preaching againft the Reformed Churches, the Presbyterial Gov«rnmenr,
AiTembly,
Errors &f t he Seftartes. 107
Afirmhly, Uniformity, CoinmoJvCounceJ, and City of London, and for a
Toleration of all Secb,a few particulars out of his., rambling Difcourfes, I will
give the Reader as I received them from eat Wicnefles, godly underftanding
Chnftians, and a Minifter. In ihismonethof February, the firft of Feb. he
pjeached at the Bridge-foot in Magntet Church, in the forenoon, that the
wora Uniformity was aoi in all ihe Scripture, but the word Unity, and fhew
me your pacern tot it, That in Hoflandjto An3baptift,a Brownift, an Indepen
dent, a Papift, could live ail quietly together, and xvhy fhould they not here ?
That in the Army there were twenty fcveral opinion vnd they could live qui
etly together ; he fpake in n flighting way of the Reformed Churches, and of
thofe who are Presbyterians, frying whats in the Reformed Churches ? whats
ia^at1 Churches of France? a little againft Popery ; he fpake of the Cities
Petitioning for fettling the Government of the Church, faying they were not
fit for Government, mucrj leflc the whole Land, and will ye bring your felves
into bondage ? he fpake in a flighting way of the Aflembly, and how pne
poor man in a Councd knew more then all ihe learned Doctors, and yet faith
he, 1 fpeak not agaJnft Councils ; and prefently in the fame breath, faid, I
never knc'.v any good they did: And then he was upon Independents, why
pray may no- an independent be a Common- Cour.cel man ? what is he,butan
overdrawn Puritan, or -words to that effect ? On the day of publike Thankf-
giving ior taking ot Dartmouth at Alvolo^s Ch. in Lumbar -Aft 'reft, he prcacht
as follow?, namely, of overcoming mountains ; we had overcome Strajfordfa
he was one mountain ; we had ciken Briftol, that was another mountain ;
and now the mountains to be overcome, wereilavery and tyranny; andhe
was perfwaded.if ever this Kingdom was brought
into Oavcry, this Ciry would be rhe caufeofic ; Wc niay^c by this that all
thePjrliament i/ad voted cafe or liberty for tender fcttlins of Clull'ch .Govcrn-
r • \ L j i /- ^> mentis tyranny anubringinc
eonfciencw, and what had the Common- Conned mto nav/ry. Liberty of tki?
to QO wuh macters of Church Govcrnmen-; they men i-. Anarchy ana confufi-
xrAift Pecicion fo-footh,and thtry will have this,ar,cl on. T!K Cry rmy fee tir.ir
they will hive that ; and if i.ver this Kingdom be petitioning .md ftanding for
b!ou?ht into bondage, we rn -iy thirk them • vvirh ^vcmm.nr, trou-
/• L ri j TT i r ' j i blcsail Icctarics, and I hope
fuch like word?. Upon thefc and other Sarr.ons th,, wlU h:: ,nc,u;,,Cll [0
preached, he Wis complaint d of ro the Court of pc:f .-vr c .in-.! mow dnly iri
ComtT»on-C.ouncel,snd a ConrD'tfce appointed b"1 ^ ^^ z-.-l -^ I!K Qr-
that Honorable Court: , to examine and heir thfj VXilx ™A .^an.ft the
proofs of it: OneMa^er H. a great Jndepenccnc
and itickler for that partv. was complained of to
to the Common-Councel for dying to two Common- Cour.ctl-cncn hrdv,
that the King, the Scots, and the COIDTJO -Coun.ct;^ did drive on one JciV".
Oo 2 F(-L
I o 8 A Catahgue A*d Dlfcovery ef
F(b. 14.11 ad an information from good hands aflcrccd with much confidence,
thac lately Tome fix or feven of Colonel wbaleys Regiment troopers, came to
WeflingboroMghiR Northampton/lire, and thert in houfes preached to the peo
ple j forr.e of the people told them, they had a Minifter one Mafter tAndntys,
who preached much againft theSeftsj They replyed, they would takeacourfe
with him, and fome of them hearing that he fupped forth at a PariQioners in
the Town3they way-laid him,and he coming home in the night,they ask'd who
was there ? he replyed, one Andrews ; whereupon they let fly at him, and di£
charged a Piftol, upon which being amazed, he in the dark fled away and
efcaped them; the next morning fome fix. of them came to thehoufe before he
was up,and that with fwords & Piftoh fpand,and forne ftaid at the door of the
hcufe,and others went in with their naked fwords and Piftols fpand, and run-
«<pg up ft airs, a woman at the top -of the ftairs fcreeched out ; whereupon Mr.
Aitirt^cs being a bed, and fearing it might be thofe who laid in wait for him
overnight, leptou; of his bed, (hut the door upon them, and got a cheftto
the door to make ic good ; whereupon one of then
This Mr. *f*fa*[ « a god- perceiving a place in the door where it was joyn-
the Liberty ot Conscience is, way, which Matter Andre** broke ; by this time
shnt tbcfe men would give if there was a great cry, & they weni away for fear
they had power 5 and tfais is of being taken ; and as they went thcConftable
not the fpirltof fix.« fevcn mct thenij who fpake to them of their cirri-
*%*?& °n rz^s •«. up°n «hi'h the? w°»td hr • an<l a co1-
out of it, as 1 could provtby ^ctor to the Committee ot Northampton corn-
many fpccches tlm have fal- ming alfo,they hurt hir»,and faid they would leave
Icn from them, never a Prieft in England before they had done.
A Minifter in Torkfiirc writes a letter to a
Minifter in-LfnJo*, dated Ian. 29, 1^45. Seels begin to grow faft in thefe
Northern parts for want of a fettlemcnt in Difcipline. Mr. T^ hath gathered
an Independent Congregation in Halifax Parifli, and fome others are about
to do fo alfo, I could wiQa we were reduced into Presby teries,to prevent fur
ther tnifeheif.
There isa Book lately printed, andthatwith liccnfe, (as the Title of Uic
Book txprefie-f, and now the time is come, that all of kind Errors are Printed
*nm privilfgifl) call'd a Confrjjton of Faith, of fevcn Churches of Cbrift in Lon
don, which are commonly (but unjuftly) call'd Anabaptifts, Dedicated to the
High Ccu- 1 of Parliament, and given into the hands of many Members, which
tame rot to my hand till Feb. 13. or elfe I would now have given fome Anim-
sdverfionsi'ponit; but for the prefent thus much, there are many dangerous
n? end. praclifes, which corny knowledge by Books in Print, and
&«fcourfes
many Errors of the S eft tries.
difcourfcs of theirs ,fomc of thofe who e hands are fubfcrib'd to the Confejfiom
9J Faith, hold, but are concealed other points of their confeflion exprels'd ge
nerally, and doubtfully,not holding them as the Reformed Churches do ; and
whereas they plead a peaceable and quiet carriage, I can prove atumultuom
diforderly managing their opinions, as in Mr. Knots, and Paul Hotftn, bcfides
of many other Anabaptifts in the Kingdom,which particulars I thought briefly
to hint, as an An:idore againft that Book for the prefenr, intending fuddenly
a more full difcovery of rhe fraud and fillacioufocfle of this Confejfion ofF*itk
of [even Congregations. And for a conclusion of all, 1 humbly pray unto God,
that he would blefle this Book fo to thepeeple,trutby hisfpimitmaybc eye-
falve to anoynt the eye* of many, that they may fee the fedaries, and that the
Kingdom may be no longer deceived with the pretences of thefc mcn,but that
all according to the folemn League and Covenant they have taken, may ia
their places and callings do their duties to a put ftop unto thefc growing and
dcftroying evils.
no
G
dod Riider in the fii* Edicion'of Jnis &ok, there were many i?rr,/<,
rV" r" P]JC?S a Trd too>'uch> a"d in others a word loo fu-k, be-
Rdrtthc nijftake of one word, for another, as *lfo forne ncres in the
Margentlcfcoir, ail which were cc^rWd either by theCop*
e at th/Pufle ro
for publ.ke-ilfe, all Vhich areln^^ond .Edition carefully corrcaJ7"and
unto a,l the other Errors, letters, &c. contained 'in this Booi . EntmiU
this Book, Endtiilcd'
ofmtny of the Srrers.Here^s^c.l add
Rowing Relanons which have come to my hand fince n,y book came
inifter in Somerfetfhire , fwhofe name though I know, yet
for prefentl conceal) fent u? thcfe Opinions following, to berommnnicaied
to fome Divines of theAfferobly, whofe relation is here prinrcd word for
eived it from the hands of a godiy yjnifter in the City of L*nJ*r,
«ndl the rather print ittr^^^becanfc there are fome Errours here fct
Dt cnnmemed in the farmer Catalogue, befides fcchofthc F.rrors
herefpccified that hive been reckoned before, and are the fame in fubftance,
yet are differently expretfed in this Paper, and that with new Additions.
New Lights and glorious pure Truths (or rather old
Herefies and blatphemous Doctrines of Devils) held
forth by the befpotted Churches of Independents
inthefe * parts.
L * SomcrfetfliiL-e.
I. That Adam w& created w (inland that be was as Cmful before
hi* fall a* after,
i.ThatCbriflrva* apzncr, bis nature being defied wit b fa as the
natttr? of ether mm ?>, and that Goddidfhw bit infinite love to man tn
fating Chrift a po;r ftnfu I creature at his r:ght ha%dt
j.T/j.it fin it i.Gibipg elfe but the Devil acting in our naturejrovedby
Luke ii. 21.22. where the houfe is Chrifts f erf oval humane nature^
and
AN APPENDIX. Ill
And when Chriti the tir:,n? mw ctrne into tt , hit found, the. Dtyji
— ! ' . J • -1 ' - • -, "4 f -I 1 ( r« • '- ' •" ••; ' f i ' • , r\
mrt. '•
4. T^r drjftirJmuiu tuiMe xntt hfdjktucAR} twftdta the Divi
, for >lt\( -Churches- tb~r<u fM'fflfc-CJfn/ru he
'* " ' * " ~ '
'/ r> l^'l '
<J .
5 . 7 /». v ..' ?/y f /• ' v cf per fens hi tic deity, and affirm tbtt-therc
if but one f.rft'V in the Cof'head •, /<T // //rn1 be three per fens tbiremfft
•Tf'.edt be three Gedi* n- d t/i.it Ai'h1-;. fii' - >n b Creed doth
6.Tb,',t
f^'-EJ^fhw
y. T/?rf/ fye'^-Iwrft'i-fhrff'Mtfrtyfiit/ii'n'd b? ab 'dished < neither flail
there be dijlinct:on of 0{fccs-fa' tb-t Gburih but whan thy wet, every
incmf^r , ritlw Ir ther er -[t/'cr m.iy fj?cak as the ftint fluill give
K ^**i»f*nt5 1* a'falfc ?ropbet'3$*ken of in
w fvtfew* /w^r rfatyfffcf f/A.'wjf.
8. Tb^M'-Chnftrfveitttd'it vrtater L'tbttben ^Mffef^ fo they do
trd jbjil reveal * "'tattr light then fvcr Chrtft had.
9. Thai the ieitfr of the whole Scr'fptnre doth bold forth nothing elfe
but a Cove n.trtt cf Work* ,' thus vilifying the whole Word of G*4 by the
warm Letter, and mtkivir-t heir interpret at ion to be the ftirit.
i o. That to keep a confront courfc in performing holy duties 3 and to
make vfe aftheprffent opportunity for the e»jtywcnt tf <i Religious exer-
etfe, whence fndt adulneffe And untptrnffe in our (elves to pat e*
a refdlHtwrif'Sfri'vt aga/nfl & to break through theprefent dtffculty^And
to fct nfo* tbt 'performance cf ihe duty , is utterly unlawful.
1 1 . That the glory of the Saints hereafter ft. ill not be vifible, but they
flail by [owe outw.ird expression manif eft one to another among fi them-
filvej thtir inwardly. .
12. That there is no htll^or at letft no pain offence in hell.
Thefe
H2 AN A P ? EN D IX.
Thcfc three opinions are moftftoutly, though not fo
generally maintained,yet the number of them that arc
deluded doth exceedingly increale for want of Mini-
ftcrs to undeceive the people, who run after them
apace.
the Great w in the beginning did for the man'tfeftation of his
own glory give forth ofhif divine e fence A variety of formes and
And fever 'al fab fiances which we do catt creatures , fo that God deth fttb-
fift in the Creatures, and hereafter the whelt Creation fhall be annihilated
and reduce* into the Divine efrence again.
2 . Others affirm* that the Word Chrift, And the Word Saint , doth not
ftgnifeanyperfons,butfomeof the Divine effevce infufed into fever al
perftns-j fo that Chrift and the Saints lla/l be faved, that is, the Divine
e(Tence in t ho fe ferfons (hali be reduced into God again, but the perfons
(ball be annihilattd, for the foul it mortal, & the body fiat never rife from
the dead, for even the b»dy of Cbrif did never rife from the dead, but
w<& atnikUated-jhe world fhatt ever endure by the way of generation from
lime to time without an end.
7 . That the Scriptures are not th: Word of Godjbut the conceits of men,
And that we are not to adhere to them, but to their Revelations-, therefore
tfay fl'^bt the Wsrdof God when it is urged w confirm a truth -,for where
it u (Aid this or ihat *>& done According to the Scriptures, as i Cor. 1 5 .
4. their re fly tf. That is according to the vulgar opinion and conceipt tf
wturai men.
Many other erroneous opinions in Doftrinethey hold befides Discipline,
which I foxbeir to rehearfe, but yoa may guefle at Htrcules body by the
length of his loot ; God is come down we fee already to confound the Lan
guage of thefe Babtl buiklers,that they underftand not one anothers fpeech,&
I doubt not but that he will fliortly fritter them, and they fcall be as a fnail
which melteth.
An
AN APPENDIX. 115
Extratt tf a Letter ftritt-en Fc&. 19. 1645. from agodlj Miniftcrin t'ffX
to a Miniver in the City of London.
OUr condition in thefe parrs is very bad. A bafe bat bold Seftsrift named
Oates i weaver in London comes down, & vents a gallimaufry of ftrange
opinion^and draws great flocks of peoph after him without all controul.Thc
Gcnftables of Backing did on the Lords day laft difturb them, going among
theintopr^fls Souldicrs, <i^d they ufed rhem difpirefully, bade them get them
to their fteeple houfee, to hear their Popifa Pricfts, their BA*!J Priefts. The
tyde of Schiftne runs ftrong, and as they barg is fed with a fpring from above.
Certainly great hopes and incouragcments they have, elfe duift they not be
fobold and infclenr b?yord meafure5as they are. They talk mcft bafely of the
Parliament ind Aflembly which many hear,and dare not appear to avouch, fo
that they grow formidable. Our Magiftrates are affraid of ihem.onely a few
Orthodox Minifters h.zzird thcmfelves to oppofc this torrent by their publike
labours. Help us with your prayers as we do you, that God may inabl? on-c
fpirits againft rhe difficulties we nave to encounter withal.If you could bellow
a few lines upon me, that I might but hear of the courage and conftancy of the
Minifters and Citizens of Lo*dent upon whom we look now next under the
Parliament as theonely Inftruments of our good, I fhould be very thankful,
who with my beft refpeds remembred will ever remain
Tonr f*ithf»l and toured Friend.
Fei^r.26. Two Citizens, godly understanding men,related to me for certain
that one of the women preachers Mrs AtttftAj fpoken of in this Book page
up. and who upon complaint was queftioned by the Committee of Exami
nation for her preaching, was run away with another woraans husband, with
whom fhe had bin too familiar along time, but about 1 4. days ago gone away
and chat beyond fcas (as is commonly reported)
This * man with whom fhe is gone, was one of the * **^. ^cmty and ^ prcach-
Sociery and Company of which Mrs AttaVfaj CTIO°
wa?, and one who tiled to hear her preach, he l^fc
his own wife great with child, bcfides other children, and the poor woman
(as 'tis reported) was ready to bediftraftcd, and Mrs eX/Mttvg/ hath Itf: her
children behind too, expofcdtothe world affix andfevcn, and conriyed a-
wiy all hf r goods rhit are any thing worth : It was told me alfo by one of
thofeCr z:ns that \isgiven out fhe met with a Prophet here in London, who
hath revealed to her and others that ihey muft go ro Jerufalem, and repair
]erufakm,and for that end Mrs exfrMttMj hath gotten money of fame perform,
P ten
H4 AN A P P END IX.
ten pounds of one yong maid, and other money of others towards the build-
ing up oi J crufaiem : Thefe two godly Citizens not long ago upon occafion of
hearing that Mrs Atttttoay preachc>d,went to confer whh her, and to dhTwade
her from preaching, and coming thicher there were four or five men with her
whereof oneof them was this fellow (lie is npw run away with, and thefe
Citizens fpeaking with her, one of her Company a Scclasy faid to her, Sifter,
fpcak not to thefe men for thty are in the fle(h,acd (he difccurfing with them,
either the fame man or another faid,Sifter fpeak no more to them,for they be
ing in the flefli, you will but preach them the more into the fLfh.
1 have been within thefe few day.es from good hands informed, that in this
la.ft week of February there have been feme meetings of Sectaries in the
City to confute and draw up fosie Petition to the Parliament to counterwork
the Common- Councei, and their confutations and .debates were to this effrcT,
that feeing tfae Common- Councel and the Scots fo agree together for fettling
Church-Government, and that now new Votes and Refolves of boch Hotifes
are come forth to fettle the Government of the Church, it was needful for
them to do fomeihing and to prefcnt a Petition to the Parliament which might
confift. of thefe heads, i . That the Parliament would not take the fenfe of the
Commmon-Councel for the fenfe of the City, but look upon them as two or
three hundred mee, and rot what they petitioned and defired as the fenfe of
the City. 2. That the Parliament would take the Militia of the City into their
own hands. 3. That the City might not keep any correfpondence or intelli
gence with forrain dates, for they for their parts difclaimed it. 4. They would
not as fome others lay any blame upon the Parliament for not fettling the Go
vernment of the Church all this while, or tax them with delay es, but thanked
them for their deliberation in proceedings about the Government of the
Church, and left them to their own time to fettle the Government of tht
Church according as it might (land with tender conferences. Thefe and foaie
other things for the matter of the petition was propounded and fpoken of,fome
moved, that in their Petition fpeaking about the Government of the ( hureh,
they fhouid put in to fettle it according to the word of God ; another in the
company moved that it might be with refpedl to tender confciences, & (aid he
loved not that expreffion, according to the word of God. Now for the way of
managing this Petition that it might take and do the work,thefe things we are
propounded to get to it, 40 or 50 thoufand hands, andforthitto draw in
& get the hands of the Malignants to the Petition,t© draw in many moderate
Pres5yter»ans,and to get the hands of al thofe that keep fcparatcd meetings,to
fend the Petition to th-eir fcveral meetings to be fubfcribed : I have had fome
of the names ofihe perfons that met about this bufincflfe related to me, bur J
forbear to name them ; and as a further teftimony of the truth of this Relation,
I have
AN APPENDIX. 115
I have bin totd it from more hands then one, btfides the fubftance of this ha:h
been difcovercdand made known to Tome in Authority in the City.
I hire had lately gi*en me from a fure hand the Copies of two letters taken
from the Original )etten,and compared by a Minifter with the Originals, one
rf.William lenney to his wife5fince he wtn: away wirh Miftris dtratoay the
Laccwoman, and the other o* Miftris AttotVcaj to William leaney before his
going away, bo*h which I had thought now to have printed verbatim, but be-
caufethey are too large,ardcarH»t withrhe reft of the matter in this Appendix
be brought into a fluer, ! fhal! only give the Reader a hint of feme few things:
In his letter to his wile dated Frb. 15. he writes thus of the rcafons of his
going away, / thought good to Verite to you thefe
feft lives jo telly CM that because you hwc been to me His wife ccmld not b«r n°f
rather a difturber of *>y body and foul, then to be a ^ *?" h'J bei"§ n'&ht » d
/ / f if. rri \ A Jf I /• f daX WIth *b* •Att**Q buc
me ft help for me (but I filexce ) And for looking for fpake a^ainft Uj anj thj$ was
me to come to yon Again, I flail never come te you a- the difturbance he complains
%am any more. I flail fend ttnto you never no more °f> and the fuffcrings lS4iftri$
concerning any tkin^. If you had been a tyd Koman e^"4W/ f?^* »f-
UMto me I fhould never haze parted Vtith you>bttt (joddireft you & keepyo* 44 one
of hi* crfAtion^and in that rrjpeft / defire you to be looting up to him your Mak.tr,
Farewell. Y«ur Friend William Jenney.
Mrs Attaway in her letter to Jenney Vcritfs thru,
Deertjt Friend and Vrelbclovedin the Lord, lam urtfpea^bly forry i»
refyett of thy (uffcrings, I bdnp the ob}c£i that occafroned iry koVc/hifl / ever be a-
ble to anffter it, I need fuch love, I fiati he[ire to dedicate my ftirit to the Lord,
To fee^ him in thy b(h«l), that he Konld be flea fed to fet thee at liberty, in the
n-.ean time that he VtovU be ^leafed, to bear ftp thy fyirit qvietly under if :
me things thy fhffrin^s fhouldbe almoft At the hioh-
eft they are fo great, VchfnthffHOfleofWi&thbovd- Now r hey are runaway to-
*tieKasgrcatcft3 then the fame <Lty the Lord deli- Sctbtr th^are delivered,
vered t^im-t Khtn Jchofaphat k*«*> not Vchat to dc, he looked to the Lord let ta
look*' him believing confidently in him Kith the faith oflefw,andno quejlhn but
'ftcfhtll be delivered^ in the me an feafon I /ball give
tip my heart and afeflions to thee in the Lord, and TMj Mrs tdttjwy hath a
tyhatfoe-ver / hav e or am in htm ft hie h is our head, husband in the Aimy, and
thou fait command it. in the mean feafon Vchile thou tlie worlcl way fee wbnt '-hefe
art <tbrcnt, I JhaSrefi in tie M/effion of thy love, vo.mcn Pre3chel'S2^ th« to
«./ • L T n a L r • • • n- J ~t Wrltc rn another wonnns
*h;ch I fr*S not befo tn]uru>tt* as to <j*ej}i,«. Tbit husband an<{ J10w to go aw.w
drA*n of love that is given me, thou haft It freely, together,
qveftionii not. So committing thee into the bofome
tf that Uving l^nJmffe (hat bath redeemed thee}\ reft.
A Citizen
n6 AN APPENDIX.
A Citizen related jr to me, that he imploycd one LfD. a Seftary of
Church, to work for htm gold and iiiver wy er, he made away his wo k to t he
value of about i ^. pounds, and is himfclt gone away too about the Countries
he know: net where ; but Lam the preacher is bound for 10. pounds worth
of this gold and lilver upon whom he will come. 1 his Citizen was unwilling
to have imployed him, but he didfo proteft his honefty and faithfulntfte,
and told this Citizen that, fatih he, 1 have fuch Revelations and new light a«s
never man had, and do you think I *»1-1 be difooncft?
The fame Citizen told me he imployed three women as fpinners for him of
gold and filver, which being Sectaries' and of Lams Church (as I remember,)
are wont to fpin on the Lords day, which he fearing, did on purpofe upon a
Saturday night late fetch away all the work they had wrought cf£ and corn-
tnmg again on the Monday morning found they had done a good dayes work,
and inquired in the Houfe of it, others in the Houfe faid it was ordinary with
them to work on the Lord day, and he talked with them,t>hey faid they knew
no Sabbath, nor no fach day, every day was alike to them, and one as good
as another.
O R
A frefti and further Difco very of the Errors,
HercfieSjBlafphemies,and dangerous Proceedings
of the SECTARIES of this time.
As alfo a Particular Narration of divers Stories, fpeciall
P^fla^cs, Letters, an Extract of fome Letters3all concerning the
prefent SECTS : Together with fome COROLLARIES
from all the fore-named prcmifles.
A REPLY to the moft material I exceptions made
by ^A^SaltmarJh^ WWalwyn, and Cref **//>, againft
W.Edwards late Book entituled G A x c R & N A .
As alfo brief Animndvcrfions upon fome late Pamphlets • one
of Mr. Bacons, another of Thomas Webs, a third of a Picture
made in di (grace of the PRESBYTERIANS
A Relation of a Monftcr lately born at Colchsfter,
of Parents who are Sectaries.
The Copie of an H v M N E fung by fome Sectaries
in ftead of D AflDS Pfalms.
By TH o M A s EDWARDS Miniller of the Gofpel.
BiwtrcoffalfePrvpbetSTvhicbcmctayoufaSbccps clothing but mwardlv tb:ya.,-c ra.-
vnhiz Vulva, yc (hjll^iorv them by their fruits. Matth. y.v. TV, i^.
BHtJhitnprjpbAncaKcIvaia. bailings. for thiyrvillintrcafctt more ^ifodtineffc. situ their
word will cat as <•/..//; a Gwrenc,of-a>hvm h Hya?cncus and Phlctui. sTini.i .15, 1 7
it ci'ill men and jcdHtcrs fall wsxeivorfe andwnfi, dtcciving, and lxiii« dc-ci^cd
z Tim 3. ij.
L 0 N D 0 JY,
Printed by t. R. and E.M. for Ra/pb Smith, attheffgn of the Bible in
Cornhill ncai the Roy all Exchange. 1^6.
To the Chriftian Reader.
ny Sectaries come forth as mtt^ I foall png with David, Pfal. 27.3.
Though an Hort fhould encamp againft me, my heart (hall not fear :
And befides my Reply to the Anfaers made againft my "Book^ entituled
Gmgt^ft^ths Reader foall find in this Book^wore worl^for theSe&a*
ries.j the Second Part of Gangrasna; a Difcovery of more Errours^ Here-
jiefy "Blafyhtmhs^ and Proceedings of the Sectaries jvherein I have not only
laid down many ErvourS)HerefieJ9a&dPf weeding* of the Se&aries not
touched before^ butfome greater > fir auger, higher Herefies find Blafphe-
taics.) andfome that are more againft thefeco&d Table^ and deftrn&ive to
the clvill Lawet and peace of Kingdoms .> which Se&aries in their flea-
ding for Tohratkfjs feem to exempt out of the number of Err ours to
le tolerated^ yea, I defire the Reader to takg notice there are fome things
fyoken of in thir prefent Boob fome ^lafphemief^ &c* done by Seffa-
rief, that the like or worfe are not to he found many agefincethecom*
ing ofChrifli nay I thinly not fine e the Creation of the world > as that Elaf-
- Pag. i^ i<5j. of this P^»/ Of°™ * John B°gg^. Na» that the Reader
prefect Bookjand that, may the mon proft by this work} and not fiumble in
Pa6-8- the Entrance^! fyaUpremife three things whereby to
remove a five prejudices that may beivtht minds of fome men-, botha*
gainflthe matter and manner of thif Boof^
I Tis objetted)The bringingupon the ft age matters offa&, and the
$r offices of fome men agairtft a way Js not a right course to convince a
way to be naught ', nor the followers of it of their err ours : Arguments and
Reasons are the way tofatisfiemen. Anfw. I have fpoken to this Obje-
&ion. in the firft part <?/Gangrena;pag. 76. and the Reader may find
moreftid'to it in this fecondpart^ pag. 79380. And therefore that which
IfyaU fay here is this. Such discoveries as the fe^ are a morefenfible pra-
fticallway of confutation of the Seftaries to the body of the people of
theKingdome, thevfo many ftllogifmes And arguments-^ they can under-
ft and thefe when t hey cannot perceive an argument^ andchriflhim-
filfiii&fpeaking againft falfe prophets t faith, By their fruits you (hall
know them : Doe men gather grapes of thorns., or figs of thirties t
AndtheApoftks in their fyeaking againft the Hereticks andkerefief
of
To the Chriftian Pleader.
of their timeS) confuted them thus by their pratfices and way et : Whofo-
everdoes but obferve the paffages in the Epiftles 0/Peter, Jude.,Panl,/w//
fade this true.
And where as tif faidby fo,w<> of them^ if they would do fo by the Pros-
lytcrian /3 they c onld J/Jow ay many Errours held by fome Presbyterians ,
and<xbadpra&ifeS)&c. and fo recriminate. I anfrver , fupfofe they
coM, i ,Tet there'j not the fame reafon in divers rcfatfs^ but I will on
ly give one inftance , namely this difference : Th* Anabagtiftt) Inde-
pe»de#tJ9 &c. have their Church TV ay and government ///>3 they are in the
pr aft ice and poffefjlonofit^ thy wayufs it, anddotothcntmoft, tofitp-
fre/e Errourt^ Scandalt^ in the porter of ccnfurej, in admitting of none
but whom the body allovpes^ &c. and yet in the free pnftife ofit^ and
under /*, allihefe Errours grow, and mee fall from one thing to another 9
as all men fee j but now theft who are in their judgement for Presbyterian
Government i» ihif Kingdomejkey enjoy it not^have not the benefit of it
to ceKfurefcandalofffperfonStfttpprcfTe any Errors^ or to do any Atfs of
Government at alhbut all lies wafte. 2. 7 deny that the Sectaries can.
flow menwho are Presbyterians (thoi/gh they n>*nt the benefit of the Go
vernment) that fall into thofe Errours j Elafyhemies 9 Pratfifef which
ihe Setfaries doe., tis a meer flourify) th'.y can fiw no fuch thing-^ nayy
I am confident that among all the Presbyterian Miniftcn and cheife
members who have appeared and affed for that way. fincePresbyterians,
the Sectaries cannot inflame inone man like to hundreds andthovfands of
their Seftarits^ cither for Err ours in judgement ^ or loofenejft in life.
2. 1 is cbjeffed tis an unchriftian TV ay to bring mws names upon the
ftage? tis to much tofyetk againfiavxiyfromthe Practifes offome ofth.it
veay> but to name men in print ^ andpMkly to brand them, this is worfi.
Anf. / could give many Anfveersto juftifie this, and ft cv> the ex ample*
loth of Fathers and the bokefa \udjcioufett moderne Writers who fracti-
jedthit, as Calvin to hit Tractate againft Libertines^ naming Quir-
tinus, &c. and giving reasons there ly way ofAnfoertothis very ob]e-
8ion of naming menjbut 1 cannot now infiftupon it: all I will fay is this,
for nj own part titmttchagAinft my gwiwand temper to do it^ fornt^
turally
To the Chriftian Reader.
tvralfyl do wot low to off end any> or to contend with any man. but to
comply andpfafe all^ wfidts, lamfenfble of the hatred, reproaches, din
gs?; 1 &w liable to fur doing it , but a nwfpty is tiid upon me to pre~
Je;; vet he people, anlio give thm warning to beware tf wolves injheeps
cubing 5 and as 1 hsldmyfelfi bound in conscience to write Books to
discover th-j err ours and opinions offuch wayes, fo to name the psrfins of
pr;we notorious St&ams who aniflickltrt, (not of all men who are
mi{-led> or m (owe lejfir matters weaken) and that from the example
efthedpofttePaul, who doth not onelj name the errfftirs^ & ayes y but the
men thzmfilvss.M Hyoienea?5Philecus3 Alexander^ Phygeilus, Her-
mogenesj i Tim.r. 19.20. 2X1111.2.17, 2Tim.r.T43t5k5<4 14,15'.
5 . Let no godly per fen be offended at my Bookjfthiftile of it be-quick
andfmart^andjflfceakfometiwssalittlefoarply to Cretenfis 5 but
rather let them confide? how unworthily (not onely unbecoming a Chi"
ftia&, bnt a man) hee hath dealt wnhmee and til Presbyterians in hit
Anfcer, discovering fuch insufferable pride 3 arroga»fie, fcornfuU
xeffe of fpirit towards all Presbyterians who fall not dtwn to the
golden calves of his opinions of Imputation of faith 3 Independence 3
&c. as that there feems vo way left to recover him but to deal a
little roundly with him^ and lay open his folly, befides, the dpofllt
Paul fywking of the Cretiam^ who are alvvayes lyars , faith 3 Where
fore rebuke themfharply, that they may be found in the faith. In
one words Cretenfis in all his Anfwers if too libethofe fyokgnofitt
2 S?.m. 2 3, 6. that rmtftbethnifl away as thorns, becattfethey cannot
be tafyv with hands: the man that muft touch him had need be fenced with
iron and the flaffe ofafpear: Ctctttfis to amazfo foul-mouth* d in all
kind of filthy favgv age tthat his maid had %eed fcowr his mouth alwoyet
with a wifp when he goes to write any EooJ^. Eut to hold the good Reader no
longer in thsporchjel me earmfily intreat th) prayers to God for his gra-
ciou* ajfiftance.T>rote&ionyf;ippoyting of him who if refihedto fpend and
be fpent^W/0 run allbazzardsfir the truth of God and hh Chut chef* a-
gdinfl the errors of the times-^ yea3 and if he be offered up upon the fa-
orifice and fervice of your faith^he joyes, and will rejoyce.
in cfoiftt THOMAS EDWARDS.
Reader,
L though there be already at the Prefle a full Reply
to the pretended Anfwers made by Mr. Saltnurfa
Mr. H^/By»,and Mr. John Goodwin, againft my late
Book entituled Gangr&n*^ yea,and fbme part there
of printed5<yetconfidering not only the three bo-
diedMonfterG^w^and the three headed Cerberus
which for prefent I have to grapple and conflict withalJ, but that///-
^alfp ready to rife up in their place, therefore that I may both
mortally wound the heads of thefe Dragons , and cut off others as
they are fpvinging , and ftrike once for all in defence of Gar, vena -
my Reply cannot but be fomewhat large, and fo of neceffitymuft
take up more time for the perfecting and publifhing of it refpeciallv
confidenng my 'imployments in frequent content preaching be-
fides all other occafions) then at this time I am contented to be'kent
from coming abroad in Print.
And therfore for preventing the Sectaries glorying, and tri
umphing too much 1,1 their Anfwers, and their pofleffing many pec-
pie againft my Book, as if it were a Book of lies, and that! could
not make proof of, or give a good account to the world of what
I have written^ asalfo from interpreting myfilence (though but
during a time fimply neceflary to give a full Apfwer) a repenting o
wntingmy late Book and a retreating from thatcaufe whereinlhave
fo much appeared fas Mafter ,AWOrd .O^M,,.^^.,. „, unti]JI
^ Wdnyn teems to do; I have ^ cl!;Vre LO;'trar^Icannotb^h°Pe^i have
thought it neceflary in the Interim, ^J^S^V^i^'^S^
till my hrgcr Reply can come ^^ti^£K b* ^m^™ *°^
forth
TH E PREFACE,
forth, to.fetfortha few (licet s to declare my mind to all the world,
and to take away all juft occafion from men of fpcaking againft my
late Book: Now this Book being of the fame nature and kind with
(7,i.^r^^3be(Idcsa brcif Anfvver tofomc main Objections madca-
gainft it, is not only an Addition of more Errours to the former Cata
logue, a higher Difcovcry of the waycs and Praftifcs of the Se&aries,
afurther confirmation of the truth of tilings contained in C?«sgr«j74,but
an aflurance to the Reader of my fUfolution andConftancie, by the
<?raccot God, in oppofmg Errours and Setts maugre all the malice,
wrath and power of Hell; as alfo a fatisfadion in part to the moft ma-
tcriall things objected by Matter Saltmarfa Mr, Wabvyn, Mr. Goodwin,
againft myBookj and as I am perfwaded this Difcourfewill nor be
without its ufe for the prefent, fo I queftion not when my full Reply
cothefe three Pamphlets .(hall come abroad(of which this Book is the
f\ t * #* o r
be manifefted to al men.and themfelvcs and their friends for them will
wiili a hundred times they had been afleep in their beds when they
mcdled with GMgr&naycz G^g^n^nd this defence of i t will prove
fo incurable a Gansren to them, that they (hall never be cured ofit by
all the Mountebanck quackfalving drugs and tricks of all the Sectaries
.of this time- and chough for amort time confident lying maypleafc and
take with many., yet as 'Solowoa fpeaks, the lip of truth fhtll be eftallijh-
ed for ever i lut a lyingtongue is lutfor a moftttnt$fi& as ff term.
cia ad modicum placcnt, fid din non dnrant,
A
•<ya'
D IS C O V E RY
OF THE
E n R o u R s and Pernicious Pra&ifes of the
S E C T A R I E S in E N o L A N D,
J Aving laid down in my Bookentituled Gsngwna, j 80. Error*
fl vented in thcfe times , betides an Addition of force Errours
r mentioned in the Appendix apd not enumerated in the for-
? mer Catalogue, I do here further .prefent the Reader with a
^ Catalogue of more Errours not before named, neither, in the
jk firft, nor ftcond Edition of my Book : As alfo a Relation of
more Stories and Practices, together with fome new Letters
concerning tbenV; by all which it will aPf^(thai tfce plague of Seftarifine
rag.es more.and more., pucting forth Symptoms pr-etaging death and deft rufti^
on both to Ct urch and Mace, if not timely prevented.
OURS to the former Catalogue of
URS, HERES-IES, &c.
Additionall ERR
ERRO
i ' • • — « •
i*T"A Hat no Opinion is (b dangerous or Heretkall as that of compuliion' in1
\_ things of Religion.
2. That Kingly go vernm^it among Nations and Common- wealths is un-
lawfull, and that for Kingsit cannot be faid to what u(e they fervejor that there
is-any nfe of them, except to debauch and vexe a people.
• 3. It is unlawful for Chriftians to eate any Swines rlefh in regard the Devil?
Once encred into the herd of Swine.
4, Tis unlawfull totate any manner of blood in any kind of thing whacfb-
ever, and that Black-puddings are unhallowed meat, andthac the eating.of
Black-pudtiin-gs is a barbarous cuftome.
5. That the Devibne ver finaed, nor have any fin*
B 6. That
A further Discovery $f the Errourt
, ., yea a j£eCfcvil3.ftay be.fcved at
lift ; and that there are no he! 1 iQtuietits to eternity.
s^rj*flow,igoFChr2&s -.'A Chrtftjhath repented perfeftly, he hath fbrrowed
bioud. t*g. ?4. for fin perfectly, and he hath repented for us.
8. Faithisnottobetnf^aJdiidfRjS^tijJu^. ftfafon the guide of Faith,
nor is ajnan iQjjdeevgjiny thing in Scripture, further then he fees Reafon to
* I * jm * •* * T"" "" » k" * " V rf*^*\. "*VV" .-.— .-
indirc^fiini. . ;
9. That cMUIi en of bskevers have more tnen a facderall liolineffe^an inward
reall hclinefle. r
ip. Chriftsprefcnce in Heaven, or that Chriftisprefent in Heaven, cannot
^rnnrr'
i . Some of the'Seridries dto affirtii and bold tHey Klve hot only liad
tionF,but they have feed Viftdnialfa.
12. The means of GocJ revealing himfelf and his mind and will to his (er-
vantsin reference to their falvation, isimmediatly by himfelf,withouc
without Ordinances, Mini(ters,'or any other means, ^U -J
13. That 'tis unlawful! to givethanks to God after meat received, thongb
it be lawfull to do it before eating ofnieaf .
14. That finging of Davids Pfalhia is blafphemy, and telling of lies.
1 5. That there is no Juftification by Faith^buc Faith is only a manifeftatior
of our Juftification.
i^. That Reptntanceis a work of the Law, and fonot to be perforated by
Chriftian?; and that Chriitians have nothing to do at all,but only to i5t ftlll, bear
and beleeve.
17. Some Sectaries hold they cannot fin, but if they fin, Chrift fins in them3
he does all,they are afted by Him in all.
i'$, All fee timei of private prayers, as morning and evening, &c. are
not only unlawfull and fuperftitious, but they arc not to pray at all, nor give
thanks, nor confeffe finne, but admire only the Grace of God , that is all they
rauft do.
1 9. That hell- fire never had been, if Jefus Chrift had not come.
20. That Jefus Chrift delivered never a foul from hell-fire.
21. That all appointed fet meetings of many Chriftians to pray, hear,
conferre,or performe any holy fervice, whether in a Church way, or out of a
Church way, are unwarrantable , and unlawfull , only occafionally if Chrifti
ans meet in aftreet,orat ahoufe going to vifit friends in civility, they may
difcourfe and talk one with another in points of Religion, as they do of other
matters.
22. That in the fir;} Converfionof a firmer there ought to be no forrow
nor
and Pra&icesoftkt Sectaries.
noi repentance for finne , God requires none at all.
23. That iome Beieevers are as perfeft here, as ever they fhall be in Hea
ven, only they do not lee the Lord here with iheir bodily eyes.
And for a conclufion of this matter, namely for the enumeration of Additi-
onall Errours, I fhall adde only this which I received from the mouth of a god
ly Minifter, who having converfed with ibme Sectaries that are Sculdiers and
Troopers, gave me this anfwer, March 1 3. upon a qiKftion propounded by me
what ftrange opinions do they hold. They hold (faith hej all opinions whatfo-
ever that are againft the f ower ofgocUinefle, and the honour of Chrift.
of a JLeiter lately fint me from a karntd and godly A^inifer in Eflcx, }
I
.
Goe£ M. ,
Thank you foryoar Eook:0atts whom you mention in yourBook,hathbeen
, fpwing his Tares, 'Boolimc^ and wild Oates in thefe parts thefe five weeks
ivithout any controll,hath feduced hundreds3and Jipped many infiocking Rivet
and when mats done he hath a * Feaft in the nisht .
and at the end of that the Lords Supper. All fal ^Sn%™^l^&
lenebrarunt. No MaeiHrate in the Country dare c**"***11* *.*•. &&.*'- *&*tttir*a~
jji -LL* £ I / i i § i trance v. ita H b) 'Jit pin?, itr.darett'Ot
meddle with him , tor they lay they have hunted ^wtejta t^ttbtfctii the Louis
thefe out of the country into their Dens in I.ind.n, s*tter'
and imprifoned fonie, and tluyarereleafed, and km like decoy Ducks into
the country to fetch in more ; fo that they go on in divers parts oi'£fex with
the grcateft confidence and iniblencie that can be injagincd. M./frc&r ofTfr/-
fted preaches boldly againft Par! lament, Aflcmb I y, Direaory,Miniftery and all:
I pray you let mehear whether there be any hope of light flu'ning out of dark-
neflc. Ellis an Antinomian, brother to E'lit of Colrhejkr the Independent,
married a widow, got two hundred pounds of hers , made her bdeeve hee
wou'd carry her tohis friends in the North, but left her by the way, andrannc
away with the two hundred pounds/That mikre.intieduced many Your book
doth much good : I fhall pray Gcd to fpeed your Plough, who am
Tour a ffurtd friend
Jin EW4aofaLettvvr#ten,t»melaJlvttk fr om a learned and' godly Mm^r m
e^r^^ a Relation of a Monfir lately born there
of Parent T who are Sectaries.
monftroiis biith
Idiankyoufcry<>urBook:TheScaarieSrageatit,biititis
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A further Discovery of the Errourt
a fign it doth the more good. Thus befeecfr ng the great God to continue your
courage and refolution for his name to the utmoft, I reft,
low ajjl&ionale Srothrin the Lord,
, that upon the 18. day of Fdr. 16+5, one Goodwife
ci'Petert Par: fh in Co/cbefter brought forth two children both dead, the one a
perfeft child, the other was born without ahead, having upon the bread fome
characters of a face, note, and eyes, want-tig one arme, and the other arme be
ing rather the (lump of an arme, ended in a crotch of two fingers, with fome=
thing like a thumb coming out of one fide of it : Downward one of the feet
was perfect, the other foot wanted a heel, and had only two toes which grew
forward, and another toe growing out of one fide of it. The Father of this
Monfter is a Separatift, frequenting their congregations . an enemy to the bapti*
iing of his own chi'dren; the Mother a hearer in the feparated congregations
likewise, who refolved heretofore, that if ever {he had any more chUdren,they
fhould never be baptized. £^» This Relation is affirmed by thofe of truft and
understanding, that faw this Monfter, and know the parties.
An Extra ft of a Letter feat me from a * Commander now in tke Parliament fe
dated DeCCrnb. 29. I 6 4 5 • * This Commander is nr t in the fervice of the Weft,bclong-
xngtoany of the Regiments of chat Army, under the command of Sir Ibomm Fairfax, but his command is
in another part of the Kingdom*
S I*,
THe conftant praftife of many Officers and fbuldiers with them, was to e»-
claime againft their Miniffters wherefoever we marched, prefling thefa
and their adherents more then any other ; they did dfcourage the people, gene
rally affirming thac the beft of our Preachers were Popim,and that ic was urr-
* We fee the liberty of conference se. lawfull to hewc them^but did hope to fee them all
varies win give., if they had power. * pa£t to Kowf, and their fuperfthious Steeple-
houfespuld down to the ground; great variety of opinion was amongft our
Officers and Souldiers^bme affirming that they had had Revelations and feen
Yifions,al of them at liberty to argue and hold what phantafticall opinion they
pleated, thofe were the men moft countenanced, and fooneft raKed toprefer-
raentjfbme of them ivould take upon them toprophefie, t?* (ay ing, they
Ihould live to (ee all lording power laid afide in this Kingdom* In my diftrefle
when the enemy was upon me , I fent to moft parts adjacent forafliftance,.but
could have none, only from one place came to me forty Volunteers, with
fome two or three Officers, profefiing ttenfelves all Independent?, and they
•-— — - — - * * — • *•• — * — . — -- .- * . * 1 1
told
and Vratficet of the Se&arfet.
told me they hoped to finde me (b, and if I (hould continue ftill in my opinion
for Presbytery , they thought their labour ill fpent ; they ftaid with rac all night,
and the next day there came to themaLeiutenant* a moft dangerous fellow,
maintaining moft horrid opinions,as you may fee by the information which
is truth ; this Lieutenant was to preach to them in a The Relation fbiiowesafter atteft-
private houfe, which I had notice of ,and did prevent edb>' tbe hands of wicneffes.
nim,which they took very ill of me, and immediatly they left me, and marched
away with Lreutenanc • -Since, one of the chiefeft of them lent me word
by our Quarter- matter, thatlftiould have little or no pay, fb long as I ftaid
in if I did not agree and fide with— — — «I finde the meflage tootrue,
for! finde little pay or none. Sir, I could fay much more of their praftifes a-
gainft me and other?, but I mould be too tedious ; but this more I ftiall adde,
I never marched where I heard more talk of godlyneffc , and leflc pra&iie of
it in my obfervation, for they arecruell without mercy, covetous without
BCfTneafare, profeflmg felf-deniall, yet leave noitone un-turned to advance
there eftates and honours. The Lord prevent their wicked defignes , and
keep this Kingdom from beingruined by fuch a wicked peop!esSir, I reft.
Tour Ctrvant
J
of fame pajfoges of a great SeEfarie, a LitHttnant about tbe beginning
of June l# ft. i 6.45.
! • f ,- : " ' f . i .. T .«.,., I • ; . ]• -«....,., . . ; , . t :
HAving had much arguing with him and his adherents in oppofition to the
Antinomian way, in the morning wherein they feemed to glory much in
the viftorie, though I know no caufe for it at all : The Lieutenant came cour-
teoufly towards even in to my houtefas he faid) to take his leave of me j which
fome of his party perceiving, followed him; and others taking notice of their
refort,followed alfb.The fubjeft of our difcourfe was about the meanes of God
revealing himfelf, and his minde and will to his fervants in reference to rheir
falvation ; He affirmed and maintained violently that God did ic immediacly
by himfelf, without Scripture, without Ordinances, Minifters, or any other
meanes ; He being asked about the third Pedon in the Trinity, denyed there
was any fuch thing as a Trinity ofpedbns, but affirmed them to be threeiGfft-
ces ; and being demanded what he thought of Chrift, whether the Godheactantf
manhood were united in one Perfon in Heaven : He anfwered only to the la ft
word, and denyed that it could be proved by the Scriptures Chrifts prefence
in Heaven ; and when fome Scriptures were produced, which had reference to
his Refuwe&ioH and Afcemion* he replyed9that it was a great queftion, whe-
B 3 thei
A farther Difiwery of tfa Err ours
ther there was a Refurre&ion or not ; he Paid he did not deny ic abfolutly, but
that he made a great queftion oi ic : Ac the parting , before him I rcptyed to
the by-ftanders, Gentlemen, if I (houldhave corae and a cold. yau.t hit this
Gentleman had denied the Trinity of perfons ,and Cbrifts pretence in Heaven,
and that he called in queftion the Refurre&ion, you would not have beleeved
nie,had not your own eares heard the fame,
This is attefted and fubfcribed by the hand of a godly Minifter in whofe p«-
fence alt this was Ipken, together with a Relation of the names of the
other witnefles, pedbns of quality and worth, who were all prefenc ac
this Difcourfe, and I have the Originall in my power to pordtice upon
any occafion.
"'"..!' ,'.?. Tj_
A~B.t\dkion of fame Storiery andnm&rltabk Pajfogef concerning the Sectaries.
THere is one litwvence Ckrtyq, a Seeker , fpokenof in my GavgrtHj,
fag. 104, and 10 v who put forth a Pamphlet called the Pilgrimage 0f
$aintt> wherein are many paflages highly derogatory to the ScriptureSj deny
ing them to be the rule of a Chriftian , or that in Doftrine or Pra&ife half of
Gods glory was revealed as yet ; this man a Taylor and a Blasphemer preach
ed on the Lords day, March eight, at B<w-Church in Cheapfide, intheafter-
noone : He began his prayer to God, with Right Honourable Lord God, and
in his Prayer he prayed that God would blefle the Kings Army, and blefll the
Saints both in the Parliaments Army and the Kings, his Sermon was a Rapfody
of nonfenee. This was not done in a corner, but in a great and full Audience;
there was prefent at this Sermon one Member of the Houfe of Commons, if
not more, bdides divers ©the* perfons of quality 5 and thought his Cltrkton
was in London Tome time afterthis, and may be ftill for ought that I know, yet
was he never queftfoned, nor called to any account for this3 or for his yilgri-
m*ge0fSaintr,Asever I could learn.
Saturday, March the feventb, a Minifter who preached at Martins ^near
White-Hill, told me , that lately fince my Book came forth, he preaching in a
Sermon aganift fin and the Divell, a woman on the morrow eame to hitn
( a Nurfe*ke€per dwelling in C/^reftrcet) and queftioned wlth:him about his
Sermon,asking him his grounds for fpeaking of fin and the Diveltj the Minifter
brought fomc pi aces of Scripture, (hee fltighted the Scriptures, and denied
there was any fuch thing as fin? or Hell, or the Dive4J,er temptation, or the
holy Ghoft,or Scriptures 5 fiiee faid, all the Hell that was>was thedarknefle of
UK
and Pratt? fit of the Sectaries.
the night j me denied that to kill a man, to commie adulcery,or ftealea mans
goods was fin ; and the Minifter asking her, what do you make your felf, ftiee
anfweredtwo feverall times, lam that law, All this, and a great deal more,
was related to me by the Minifter,who (as he faid) had acqaintedan Earle v. ith
it and many others ; and I (pake with one Citizen who heard this Relation
from himsand he promifed to give it me at large in writing under his hand.
Tuefday March 17. on the day chat a Committeeof Lords and Commons
came down to Guild-Hall to the Common-Councell concerning theic late Pe
tition 5 many Sectaries from all parts of the City and Suburbs, came to Guild'
Hall, where, from about four a clock, till about nine, the Sectaries in feverall
companies and knots in the Hall, 30.40, and more in fbme companies, vented
boldly,and pleaded for all forts of opinions, the Aminomian opinions, the A-
nabaptifticall opinions,^, pleading for a generall Toleration orall Se&8,yea,
fotne maintained that no immortall fpirit could fin, or be capable of fin ; and it
being obje&ed, what fay ycu to the Divels ? they denied the Divels ever finned
or could fin : many other horrid opinions were maintained at the fame time3
ib that 'tis beleeved, that never fince G*z/^Hj//was built, -*here was Co much
wlckedneffeanderrour broachc and maintained openly in it as at that time.
Among many godly orthodoxChriftian?, who were at that time in (7«;/^Hj//,
and oppoJed the Sectaries in their pkiding thus for all Errours, and a generall
Tolleration; there wasonegodly Citizen who told me this ftory orhimfef,
thathereafoningwich fsverall of the Sectaries agaiuft their op nion?, anda-
g-ainft a Toleration, the next day being the eighteenth of March, an Indepen
dent WoUen Dfciper to whom he had workt a!moft ttrenty years.took away
his xvork from him, and faidbefhotild have ho more work of his, beeaufethe
m'ght before this Citizen had argued againft Independency, laying it was a
Schifme ; whereupon this Citizen dealt plainly with this Wollen-Draper,and
told him, Sir, will you put me by my work, which is my living, for myconfci-
enceMs not thisPerfectltion > uill^uli^ve your confciences^nd (ball not we
enjoy ours? would you be tolerated, and Will rrotyou tolerate us? •
On the ninreenth of UWxrcb a Pimphlet called The hjt warning to all the In-
bitvits vftlx Citi* of London, came abroad in Wnt, which Pamphlet (peaks a-
^•ainft all Kingly government^ recervhig the Kif\s in again, and agdnit all efta-
feliniedESclefijfticaH govtrnrrjttir^ b^fides many other dan^rons'pan^ge^gin
it : Now this Etiok Was f})read abrbiid and difperted up ind down by Sectaries,
as for inftance,one Satxxtl F«/efor an Egge-min,rebaptized by one Crab, aFelt-
maker,was the 2 1 .day vfAfarcb examined before a Jtiftice of Peace for fpread-
irtg thfe Book ciH'd tie h$ ft>*nttntfo London, and confefled he h id fold fix or
feven of them * One Owim anind^eadent Boofe-feffer » Au kind Of uniiccnad Books
and
8 A further Discovery of the Err ours
that makc( any waves for tiie an i 3. member of Mr. Jcbn Goodwins Church, or his man
Anf^T^f&^lt^o^md f°rmm:» f°ld many of them to f eve rail perfons as I can
ti's ' given out the man ids prove : One Culvert a Sedary and a Book-feller on Lud-
them>c no: thcMafier. g^hill fold and difperfed many of thele Books ; and fo
one Barber an Anabaptift boaPced two dayes after the Book came forth, naming
this Pamphlet, that there was a Book come forth had cut the legs of the Pret-
bytcrian government, end asked a Citizen if he had not feen it.
In N->rthampio.8'&itc agreat Sectary, and a chief fervant to a Knight of that
Country, would net keep the day of Thankfe.iving for the Viftory at Nj(ebyt
but was ib far from keeping it himfelf, that he would not furTer the Knights
tenants to keep it, or to go to Church, but made them carry dung all day, as I
luve been informed from one who knows it certainly; but what do I relating
one inftance, when as 'tis notorious that many of the Sectaries, CMr. Goodwins
and Mr. Saltmarfbes Saints) keep not at all, neither dayes of publike Thankf-
givings, nor of publike Fafts, but do all kind of ftrvile work and worldly
bufineflfes on thole dayes, yea on the publike Faft dayes, feaft, and are eatins of
roft mear and gooj chear, when Gods Saints and fervants are humbling and a£
fli&ing their fouls?
i£j-» There is an Independent Minifter who lives in Londonfa I have it from
two fufficientwitneffes that heard it) laid that the Scots coining into England
wculd binder the Reformation of Religion here, and that if he bad been in
Stfg/W at that time when the Scots came firft in, he would have preached to
have ftird up the people againft them, either not to have fuftered them to
come in, or being come in, to have beat them out. |3|=i The fa me Minifter
difcourfing and reafoning about the Church way, it was anfwered to him by a
Citizen, that if it were let up in London , the Independents could not expeft a-
bove a twentieth part fhould be for it, and what fhould become of ail other
people? this Independent Minifter replied, it was no matter what became of
them,though they turned Mahumetans,fo the Church of Chrift might profper.
A godly Minifter who came out of Effex> related to me not long fince, that
* ^in jinabaptifti- * Oates was now preaching in that Country, and had been
can Emiflary there about fixe weeks, fometimes keeping his Randevouze
at one Town, fometimes at another, fometimes at Tarling, fometimes at Bock-
ing^ Sometimes at Braintry, and other places, and that many ioofe perfons of
the Country follow him, he preaching befides his Anabaptifticail opmions,the
Arminian points ; and this Minifter Ipake it upon his knowledge, that notori
ous Whoremongers and Drunkards follow him, filch as have been convicted
by witneffes, and taken notice of by the Country, and are inch [till, yet go af
ter him where he preaches frcm place to place.
There
and ^raftictt of the Se&arie/.
There arc two Gentlemen of the Inns of Court, civil and well difpofed
men, who out of novelty went to hear the women preach, and af ter Miftris
dttaway the Lace- woman had finiGied her exercife, thefe two Gentlemen
had feme dilcourfc with her, and among other paflages iLe {pake to them of
Mafter Mdton> Doftrinc of Divorce, and asked them what they thought of it,
frying, it was a point to be confidered of; and that (lie tor her part would look
more into it, for foe had an unfan!\ified husband, that did not walk in the way
oCSiw, nor (peak the language of CMMM; and how accordingly fhe hath pra-
ftifed it in running away with another womans husband, is now furficiently
known to Mr, Goodwin and Mr. S*ltt**rjk,and is one of the lyes like all the relt
in Mr. Edwards Gangrtna ; This wretched woman ore of Mr. Gojdwins and
Mr. Saltm rfb:s Saints (as ttay make all withoutany diftinftion, whom I fpeak
of in Ganzwa] among other new truths and glorious lights, preached, that all
the Devils fliotild be laved, allcdging that place in Zacbarjt, fending forth thy fri-
(oners on t of the pit wherein t hire is no mater, againft which Do^rine one of the
company ob je&ed, and faid, fifter, what fay you to rhac of M.ittb.i^. Depart
from wejee cur fid into evcrlajlingfi'-ey prepared fir the Divel andhij Angdi ? unto
which Miftris Aitwy replyed, thatbytverlatting in that place was mean*
vvhileday and nighc Lifted, but not eternall after day and night were ended.
Afarcb 15. Two honeft Citizens coming to me about fome Sermons an
Independent Minifter had preached in London , one of them told me he lately
had a man and maid-fervant who were Anabaptifts, and that when he was abed
they would fet up and junckettogether,making Sack-poflets and fuch likepro-
viiionofhis pui(e, andinfum, this male Anabaptift got the female Anabaptift
\vithchild,and after married her : The Mafter fpeaking to him of breach of Co
venant, how he had covenanted not to marry in the time of his Apprencimip
till his years were expired,he faid it was a divelilh Covenant,and Co would noc
keep ir.
On the fixteenth of Mxrcl.^ a Member of the AfiembJy of Divines related
this following ftory for a certain truth , which he knew to be fo, only wcuM
not name theperfons 5 that a Seftary,fone of Mafter Gaodwins and Mafter Salt'
marflxs Saints and beleevers) aSeekerby Seft, fought to gain the good will of
a Virgin to be his wife, and when (he contented and was contented to ir, hee
propounded that they might lie together at nighr, at which motion (he ftartled,
faying,noi till we are married, to which anfwer this Seeker replyed, that mar
riage was bur an idle Ceremony, they were now man and wife before God,
having promifed one another, whereupon they went to bed together and next
morning after the Seeker had fatisfied his luit^ he ranne quite away, and left his
bride, and inftead of one Seeker there were two , the daughter thus forlaken,
C and
lo A further Difcovery of the Errourt
and her mother ( who was widdow ) to feek after him.
In a Book lately printed, call'd the Ordinance for Tjths Demounted, (which
book alfo was given into the hands of one Parliament man(as I can prove) by a
great Senary tf ho may jurtly be thought the Author of it)there are fuch pafia-
ges of reproach againft the Parliaments are not to be paralled in any writings,
except fome of the Sectaries : Inpag. 6.7,8, 40. this St&arie (peaking of a pa£
lagein the Ordinance of Tyths made by the Lords and Common?, hath thefe
following wwdsfladnotfuch apaffagegone under the Title of the Lords "and Com
mons who are chofen jot the weak of the people, 1 fhdttld not have j udged it an a ft of
humanity, but rather the rcfult of an Hell-bred confpiracy by the Dwell and his Angels
to confound us with their unreasonable malice^ &c. and this was the fir ft fione theft
JMafter-bui'dcrslaidin their blejjed Refirtnatim.
And in another place of the Book, (peaking by way of fcorne.calling it that
mofl religious and fpiritttall Ordinance for the /tipper, as abfolute Ordinances^ as »««.
alterable ai the Directory, the(e words are brought in. For indeed at tbefirft onfet
it was not policy to rufojuch a diabolicall and villanow invention point blanckjtpon
w.) with an It is decreed and wdainedbythe Lordf and Commons affembkdin Par
liament. But after a more myfterioM mxttntr oferdination^Jlilj intrude it upon w »n-
drvares in the godly andfpecioM vizor of Rales e£* Direftions^f ifeur Parliament men
bad fuck afpiritftaBandboly care over w3to give w fucb wbff/fom andpiew Dirett:-
ens, while indeed under this innocent Apparition in tbfjbape of Lambs they aro no o-
tber then raveningWelves pending and tearing win /?«cej-;andagainj<peaking of
Parliament men in that Ordinance for Tyths T>ifmounted there are thefe word?.,
"But what they are Jet all the pwple judge Jet them canfider whether there can be the haft
dramofbonejiy or Religion in them , orrefpett to the liberty of the free-borne Nation
ikereirij feeing thy lay upon its a kiavierjoake then ever was laidttfon ut in the dayes
*f the Bifiops. And again, this Senary, the Author of the Ordinance for Tytkr
IDifmounted, (peaks thus of the Parliaments Ordinance concerning (ufpending
icandalous perfons from the Lords Supper. It will be the great eft ihraldme and
bondage that ever the Kingdome was involved into,and by this Ordinance of the Sup"
per, Jam afraid we {ball all go fitpperlcffe to bed: and fpeaking of the Glafles Sy-
nodsjCalling them High Comnii(lions3he addessif we can finde no juftice theres
»• obferve here both biafphemy w* mV ^al(forfv&th )* to our Gods tfamjelves, the Par.
ahd fcoffing of the Parliament in liament (life everlafting^world without end) ofwhom} how
ahighmanner. may ppe exptftmrCy of juftice fben, that thus before hand
whip us with the flings of Scorpion f^and grind us between the devouring jawes offucb
develifi tyrannic all Courts which witt even crujh our bones in peecesj and fqueefe out
eur 'very marrow andjuyce , aadfuck^pnt om very hearts blood like fi Many greedy
Cannibals* Vid, plur» ibid,
Tbe
and PrA&tce s of the Stctariet. 1 1
The Se&arks generally cannot endure any man who fpeaks againft 3 or
complains to Authority of any Who b i each Errours (though never io greats
as for example, a godly underftanding Chriftian told me within theie three
daye?, that becaufe he complained ot a man who denies both the Son and the
holy Ghoft to be God,thercfore the Independents and all the Sc&aries among
whom he lives deadly hate and revile him ; and fince the time that the weekly
newes Books have mentioned a Vote to be paifed in theHoufe of Commons
for drawing up an Ordinance againft 7^*7 &j? that Anticrinharian andBlaf-
phcmer, feme of the Sectaries have fpoken boldly and bitterly againft it, and
iaying they would be loth to be any ofthem that (liould give a vo:ce,or have
a hand in the proceedings againft him, with other words tothat cffeft.
There is an Independent ot Mr. Carterf Church, who fjxaking againft our
publikeAflemblieSjOf ten quotes that Scripture in Rn'.i^.^.r3jbylontbegreatttbe
mother of Harlot r, interpretjngit thtl?, Rome is tht mother Church, and all the Pa-
rifi Congrtgationf of EvzJjnd are tin dtwgiterf, which arc H&lots ; and this having
been obje&ed againft this Interpretation., that the Atcb^s acknowledge
many of our Congregations to be true,Chur.ches,he and divers other Indepen
dents fay, they are net of the /ipologijlt minds.
The Seft or Seekers growes very nvuchj »id all ((jrt? ofSe&aries turn Sce-
kersj many leave the Congregations of Independents, Anabaptifts, and fall to
be Seekers, and not only people, btitMinifters alto ; and whofbever lives but
few yeers(ihheSefts be differed to go on) williee that all the other Se&sof
Independents, Brownifts, Antioomians, Anabapti[ts,willbe fwallowed up in
the Seekers, alij* -Libertine?, n:any are gone already, and multitudes are going
that way, and the iflue of thefe Se&s and Schifmes w ill be, that all will end in a
loofenefle and licentioufneflfe of living.
A H Y M N E which fame of the Antinomians do fing
at their meetings inftead of DA v i DS Pfalras.
He ne\ves is good, Chriflilied histloud,
our peace is made in Heaven ;
And now he is gone up to his Throne,
all power to him is given,
C 2 2 Car
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ii IP m IP i . i !••••' • i • » •••^i , „ . -., i M,
2 Our glory is great, we are compleat
in Gods great love we ftand,.
We are on high exalted by
Chrifts victorious hand.
j We once neer loft, to hell did pofty
but God in mercy found us,.
And now he hath taught us his path,
an J with his mercy crown'd us.
4 Shall fin or hell Gods people quell*,
or ever keep them under /
No, drift hath died, fin piirifide
and hell bands rent in i under.
5* The bloud of Chrift our great High Prieft,
which once for us was fiied ,
Hath purg'd the blot, and cleans'd the fpoc
wherewith we were befmear'd,
6 A glorious thing j a wonder ftrong
that fin fhould not defile,
And thofe are all to Chrift more dear
that once did feem fo vile.
7 AH fin we finde is out of minde5,
the Saints are made divine
Firft in the love of God above
in glory they do fliine,
8 None are fo dear, nor yet fo near,
with God they are made one,
Who now doth fee them furc to be
as is his only Sonne.
9 Chrift is our guide, we cannot fiide>
nor never fall away j
Our ftate is fure , and muft endure
though all things elfe decay.
10 Then lee's be bold, our heads uphold,
the time is drawing nigh
When we (hall raign, and eke remain
with God eternally, n
and Frances of the Seftaries* 13
3 1 Let all bafe fears , and needUfle cares
out of our fouls remove,
With fpeed let's fly to God on high
and dwell with him above.
And ' tis remarkable, that now for prefent the beft Independent Churches
and Congregations are rwwo^ Aflemblies and medlies, confining of perfons
whereof fome are Anabaptifts, fome Antinomians, fome Libertines3others hold
Arminian and Socinian Tenets; thofe who for mixtures in manners, and becaufe
of fome perfons not fo holy in their lives, made a S^hifme in the Church, have
worfe mixtures among themfelves in Doftrine3a linfey wol/ey compounded Re
ligion; I do not think there is any one Independent Church of three yeers (lan
ding, and that hath attained to the number of between 30. and 40. members, but
had, or hath in it fbme Anabaptifts, Antinomians, Seekers, orelfe perfbns hold
ing one or other odde and ftrangc opinion. Mr. Symonds Independent Church
at Rotterdam is over-grown with Anabaptifme, and he hath written mtoEnghnd
that he isfo peftered with Anabaptifts,that he knew not what to do; Mr. Symp-
fons Church hath bred divers Seekers, Mr.Lickierj Antinomians, Mafter J«hn
Goodwins company is an unclean Conventicle, where the fpirit of Errour and
pride prevails in mod, the unclean fpirit being entred there into himfelf and his
people with feven evill fpirits, Socinian, Arminian, Popifli, Anabaptifticall,Li-
bertine Tenets being held by himfelf and many of his.people. And what mall I
fay more, it will be too long to tell of what I have heard of fome members in
Mi. Carters, Mr. Cradoc^Mt, BriJcotMt..B.trktt Churches concerning opini
ons they hold,
March 21. I was informed for certain, that a young maiden buying in the
Strtndof a Goldfmith a gold Ring, the young man in the fhop who was felling
it her, asked her whether ftie was to be married (for the Ring was much of t he
fize of a marriage Ring) (he anfwered no, nor did not know whether ever fhee
mould be married; he queftioned further with her, what uft fhs bought it for j
afcer fome difcourie together, (he told him ftii bought it to give- to the MinHkr
of the Church into which (he was to be admitted a member ; . and the young
man further conferring with her, (lie told him fhc was to be of the Congregatl-
onall way, and of a Church where the Minifter was a man of precious gift?.Ic
hath been related to me alfo from good hands,and if there be any miftake in the
R.elation,I defire the Independent Minifters to clear wherein , namely, that in
fome of their Congregations, maid-fervants out of their wage?, do allow fb
much yeerly as five or fix millings to their Minifters , that fome poore godly •
perfuns who have exprefled great defire to be of their Church way, and gone
14 A further Difcovery of the Err ours
to fome Independent Minitfers to be admitted co Ghurch-fellowftiip, could noc
b;caufe of their poverty ; that perfons of great ranck and quality, as foms La
dies are admitted to their Churches, in a more favourable way, and not after
the ordinary manner, and that one Lady at ieaft (though no member of any In
dependent Church but of a Presbyteriall)hath been admitted to the Lords Sup
per among them, and her child was to have been baptized by an Independent
MinLfter, but chat it died the very day appointed for the baptizing of it; thac
in one of the Independent Churches here in Londont a rich widow who was
there a member, refuted to give her confent to one in way of marriage fwhom
ocherwife me liked and entertainedj till heeyeelded to fettle twenty pounds a
yeer upon her Independent Minifter during his life; and laftly, that fome of the
Independent Miniflers have from fome one of their members, 20, 30. li.or bes»
ter per annum j and a Minifter is named who hath fifcy five pounds yeerly from
three members of his Church, forty pounds from two, and fifteen pounds from
a third.
the Sp'itle about the Immortality of the fittlbyfome Avabap-
tijir, of Lam3B«ittee, and others on the day ofpublik* 1 kan^gtving for
Dartmouths being given up into the bands of tbt Parliament,
MY Lord Ma) or hearing of a great concourfe of people that were to
meet upon fuch a bufinefle,having a refpeft to the pease and good govern
ment of this City, fent two of the Marflials men to Lam to the Spitle, where
they were met to difpute, but had not yet begun, who told Lam that my Lord
Major had tent them to him to forbid him or them to difpute as upon this day ;
Lam anfwered the Officers he would go up and acquaint the brethren, which
he did, (landing in a place like a desk above the people ac one end of the room,
and Battee at the other : The firft thing that Lum (pake of, was , that my Lord
Major had (ent to forbid their meeting, or rather to deiire them not to difpute
as upon this day; Battee flood up and faid that Mr. Major was a limb of Anti-
chrih^andthathewas a perfecutorof the brethren, and that he did queftion
what power or authority he had to forbid them; he was fare the Parliament
gave him no fuch power, but gave them liberty to ufe their confciences, and
for his part he durft undertake to make it good to Matter Major (calling my
Lord Major in a moft bate and fcornfull manner Matter Major. ) One Ovcrton
that was to be the Moderatour on TSattees fide, flood up and faid, Brother Lam,
had P*»/done well if he had defilted from preaching in the name of Jefas if he
had been commanded by the High-Priefts to forbear, had he done well or not ?
Lam anfwered ns; whereupon Overton replied in a moft fcornfull proud man
ner,
and Pra&ifef of the Se&aries. 1 5
ner, nor ought we to obey Matter Major; and thus did thefe men argue the
power of my Lord Major for an houres fpace ; but at the laft t hey came to ftate
the. queftion, and fall to their difpute 5 the queftion was, That God made man,
and every part of man of the duft of the earth ;and therefore man, and every
partofmanmuftreturne to the duft again, which Battee could not prove, nor
could Lam well tell how to anfwer, but both of them ran off from Scriprure
to Scripture, never clearing any one thing to the people ; and when they had
rambled a long time, that they could neither of them tell what to fay, then one
or other flood up,and (aid, Brother L <*>», or Brother Ban ee, leave this point to
the confideration of the Brethren, and take up fome other 5 afcer thefe two had
(pent foure or five houres in this confufion, they fat down and refted, and then
ftands up one Mellijha. Cobler, and Lwfon a Schoolmafter, both Anabaptifts,
and to work they went as their Brethren before : Law/on c*lhtoMellift>, and
faith to him, Brother cfl/tf/tf/fc, fpeak either Categorically or Hypothetically;
IMellifh anfwered Latvfin, that he fpake now to him in an unknown tongue, and
prayed him to explain himfelf; Larvfon toldtJWellifi that he was not fit to dif-
puteifhe knew not the meaning of thefe words; Mfttifo replied thatifhee
fhouldftand up and tell the people that the Moon was made of green Cheele,
he did not queftion but (bme would be of his mind.
This Relation was given me under the hand of a godly honeft Citizen,
who was an eare and eye witnefle of all the faid paffages, who alfb named to me
other persons that were prefent, and he delivered me this Relation in writing
before two fufficient witneffes, and declared hi mfelf ready to make proof of
this before Authority when ever he fhould be called.
This following Relation was fent to a godly and able Minifter of this City,
fone who hath a Paftorall charge in London) and this Minifter delivered me the
Originall writing, which to a tittle I here let down.
Reverend, and much resetted,
IDefireyou pardon my boldnefle in imparting to you that which hath lately
befaln me : I was in the company of fome Aminomians that were very im
portunate with me to forfake your teaching, and come among them and harken
to their Preachers, and they prevailed with mefofarre, that I gave them my
promiie to hear their Preachers 5 but the night following,! had fuch a terrible
dream which made me break my promife with them ; for I dreamed that the
Divell would have pulled me out of the bed, and carried me away with him-
then I cried out in my deep foloud, that I waked them that were in the Cham-
b6r,Lord Jefus help me,Lord Jefus help me- then me thought the power of God
came on my right hand, and refcued me from Satan : This J take for a warning
from
1 6 A farther Discovery of the Err our t
from God to avoid their fociety •• and for which I defire that thanks be ren-
died to God in this Congregation which I ufe to frequent.
There is one M» fter Mills a Common-Councell man, the City Brick ler,
•who hach related it to many,as a thing ruoft certain, ihat an old acquaintance
and friend of his, an old Papift knowing well all Papifts, faid to Matter Mittf
that now there were but two Sefts or fides in England, the Presbyterians and
the Independents •, unto which Mafter Mills objected, how can that be ? /eeing
there are many Papifts ; this Papift replied, that to his knowledge all the Pa-
pills in ^England were Independents ; and this Papift further added, that this
Liberty of Confcience and Toleration for all men to enjoy their Religion, was
a blefled thing, and the happieft thing that ever was found out , or words to
that pur pole.
There is a Senary living neer the Spitk, a great follower of Mafter RandslI,
who did offer to fell his Bible, and being asked why he would fell ic, and what
he would do for a Bible, anfwered, hecould make as good a Book himfelf.
Some Sectaries do commonly affirme they are not to beleeve the Scriptures
further then their own Reafon doth perfwade them of the truth of them, and
that the Scriptures are no more the Word of God then the words any man
fpeaks are ; becaufe he could not fpeak thofe words but by a power from God.
it hath been told me from good hands, that there are a company of perfons
about London, who meet weekly to reafbn and objeft againft the Scriptures 5
their meetings were about the Spitle, andfince in Hottnfditch, and now they
Jhift places for feare they mould be difcovered, and furprifed 5 it were good
that Authority would look into it, to finde them out ; I mall be ready to name
the men from whom I have had fuch information,
I have been informed lately by divers honeft men, that in Nortkamptotz-(hit&
fomeofthe Souldiers who are Seclaries, and arc of that part of the Army
which came out of the Weft, and belong to that Army in the Weft, have come
into the Parifti Churches^ and put by the godly Minifters who mould preach,
and by force againft the will of the Minifters and people, have fet up Cap-
tainesj and others of the Souldiers to preach in their Pulpits^ and to vent their
Fancies and Errours.
jHtf true Copie of a Letter written to me from a worthy and godly Afinifter in
Suffblk,*'tt the name, and by the confent and agreement of other Minifters
of the County at a meeting of theirs, and fent up by the hands of a
godly Minifttr in thofe parts jpbo delivered it tome.
WoitLj Sir,
Y Our Brethren in thefe parts defire to praife God for you, andforthat
courage he hath given you to encounter, and publikely to oppofe the
Scftaries
and Vravtices of the Stftariet. 1 7
Sectaries of thefc dayes. God make you as Attguftine, Mjlleum Htreticorttm.
Sir,this Bearer,a Minilkr, an honeft neighbour of mine will make a true Rela
tion to you of fomeof the late pranks of fbme Se&aries onboth fides of us.
One is of Osttt the Anabaprift (whom your G^ngr^na takes notice of ) tbac
after one of his private Exorcifes amongft the weaker veflels,one Wtdts wife of
Stifttd'm EjjfXyfeemed to be (o affcfted with him, that fhe faid Ihe would never
hearMinifter again: and it may be God intends to make her as good as her
word; forupon f^, this (he was taken mad, and remaines ina (addiftra&ed
condition ; and her husband tent to Matter Btacfyby, and Mailer Fatrcbtb(out
gcdly neighbours):o pray for her.This, one RedgmH an honeft man making re
port orjwas asked if he were not atOates his Exercife; heanfwcred no ; then it
was demanded,was not your wife there ? He anfwered, if he fhould deny that,
be (hould iin againft God,and tell a lie,fof <hc(hefaid) waschere>but Was never
welUince. This Bearer can likewife tell yoa fomewhat ofMafter Arcbtr of
Hdftfd. AirjcfoneLd77c«/?erof Bwy a fedler, and of his opening the whole
Book of Ezra at a private mseting,inftecd of opening his pack5and of the pfay-
er that followed his Exercife, &c. Of M alter £r£«r; alfo, &:c. It would be loft
labour for me to make a further Relation by \vritingofthefethings, feeing
you (hall receive the truth more fully byword of mouth, and by afaithiull
Relator : I have no more to fry at this time , but tha: I heartily pray for you,
that Gjd preierve , direft and guid you, and make you more and more fer-
viceableto him and his Church, in your generation, and to let you know-
that I am
jf</*r fMtbfaBfnind and Broths*
From Clare in Sufrolk Afjrcb 30, 1 646.
Upon conference wit'i the Minifter who brought up this Letter, he related
thefe following paflages to me, and I writ them prefently as he fpake them.
Matter Er bury (one of thofe Sectaries (poken of at large in G^wgr^n^pag.ro^.
and no.) coming lately to Bury mSttffil^nd there exercifing in private, he
delivered divers erroneous things, andatlaft went Co high, as to deny that
JefusChrift g^wis God,and that he was as much God as ever Jefus Chrift
was, or mould be. /
One Lmcefter in a private meeting at B«ry, condemned all the Mkiiftersef
Englarjd{oT\[\Q Sjnbjffats and Tob'uhs of this timc,that hindered the building
of the Temple^ refembling hlmfelf, and the Sectaries to thofe who would build
•the Temple, but it was withftood by the Mkrifters, whohindredit: At that
meeting there was a plain godly man, a (olid old Chriftian ofMafter Fairclotht
congregation who oppofed him, and God was ib mightily with Mm, thatic
D turned
A further Discover y of the Errourt
turned to che (hame and reproach of i his Lar.cefer ., and thole who adhered
to him.
Matter -Archer of ffj/jleed, fa Independent, a man who hath preached much
againft our Miniflers and Tyihs 5 at the fame time, or thereabout^ when net
preached foagainftTythSjUfed meanes to procure tohimfelfa great Living in
Effexy of two hundred pounds per annum, andcamc to fome Gentlemen of the
Country for their hands to further the getting of that Living.
'An Extraft oj a Letter fent me from a rro'tbj 4nd godly Mimflcr out of the Country*
friend,
Y Our laft together with the Book, I received. Imuft confefle whenlfirft
(aw your Title, Ifaiditwas noneoftho&dtflM GellitM calls lllecebrai ad
I>gendum3&c. For what is a Gangrene but an abundance of corrupted bloud
inflamedj&c. and yet for your fake I not run but read over the text, and found
it every way anfwerable: And that you were indeed the Matter ofthatArr,
which(appointing the cure according to the caufe)wifely prefcribes cutting and
flafhing/carificationsjwafliings, not only v; ich mulfum or water, but Vineger
and Saltj»ffg#ew/#/fl E/^/f^rww, burning Trockiik&s, Arftnicon fublimatum^ and
much more then you have yet appliedjConfidering not only the creeping of this
Canker, but that danger the whole body is in ofnolefle then that Sphacdus of
Atheifme, which not only good and godly Matter Gveenbamy but old Biftop
£3* Lakf himfelfe long (ince prophefied would moft probably over-runne
shis Realm, rather then Papifme ^ And why then ftiould any fpeak of a Tokra-
tion, except a toflmdofotiM quam tolerando. Ohflafrincipils^c. is one of the
beff Aphorifhisofallthe fons both of Hippocrates and Galen that I know. 'Tis
fad,very fad to fee our Anglia (as Spihtenfa complains ofhis Rome] turned 5r>
to AfrKat new monfter&every day, fuch horrid blasphemies, intolerable wick-
ednefles, Sic. Shall Vipers ftill be fufferedto eate up the very bowels of their
mother > I could tell you many a fad ftory of (brae that preach.pray,and prare^
wha-t not > Independents all,yeaand Scholars,nay Minifters,yet not bv Ordina
tion. The people they fay make Minifters, quoting £.2^33. «/. 2. The Scrip
tures fey they areobfcure, no AflemblieSjSynods5nor general! Councellsmore
likely to teach the truth then the Sariftuaryaparticular'Congregatior, &c.
Thefe words were ufed praying for England. 0 bhffed Godjcve have often already
frayed in thy Sons name 5 now let w pray unto theefor thy Son cloth tb^tt
tllhi* enemies with fhtme, but, &c. Anufuall firain in their prayers, is as fol-
Cod w<wldpardon tbs Refomed Cburchet their great prepbanation of
the
and Brattices of the Sectaries. 19
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tlxLordi d*y ;and why is thisufed bat to make them odious ? Another (train,
Who b<*t h gained ? Who b*tb given you fi many mftoms^ but the Independents ?
Liberty of Confcience Lord,&c. tnd all in ottr own Kingdom. The Milknu'y con
ceit is the common fubj <. ft of Sermons}and a Church on earth without fb much
ftCr'ds an Hypocrite. Publike thanks was given to Godfor that tb< London
^petition for fettling &c. techno better. Athcufand fuch, and other pafiages of
no fmail note,you may hear if you plsafe but to vilh your friends in thefe pans,
whofe very fouls are Ib vexed3that I for my part am refolved (if it may bej to
burie my felf at my ftudy, and Itirre as little as I can to hear or fee fiich, or the
like aborainations. And where now is Sodom, as fbme of their Brethren call'd
old- Enghnd when they wenc off our (horcto (ea ufing thatexpn.fTion././rm'e//,
farwell Sodom, &c. And what are they but £ shell- Builders who fe tongues are fo
divided, that I doubt not of the downfall of theic Babylon, which by interpre
tation faith Origen , fignifies that confufion Chriftians (hould out of. Cou
rage friend, let Divels that mutt be difpofcft, cry out , we torment them before
their time. If ever the jcfuite will be at the hight, I fuppofehe is very neer
now ; who fay no more but fecurity if any thing will flay us, which God for
bid. Thus with beft falutes I reft,though in haitc yet heartily
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A Juftification and Vindication of the truth of the m oft
materiall Paflages related in the Book entituled
Gangrjnafiom thofe exceptions made againft them
in three late Pamphlets emltu]ed,Groaneffor liberty
A ffhijptr in the Eare, Cfetenfif, alias
Matter Goodwin.
Shall take them in order,'and begin with Mr Safttnarft-, who
firft apeared in Print : As for Matter Sjltmarjb he doth not fo
much as offer to difprove any one peece of matter offa&
throughout my whole Book, excepting t hat only of a woman
Preacher at Brajleed in Kentt of which he affirmes that 'tis
known to all in that place to be a meer untruth Vid. M.SJ//. f. zg.
Now for the prelem, I Reply as followes (referving the greateft part I have
D 2 to
20 A further Discovery of the Err our f
to fay till my full and particular Reply to Mr SalunirfbznS his fdlowes (hall
come forth) that as us a ftrange bold allsrtion to affirm not only forhimfelfjbuc
for all che Parifn, that they know Ms a mcer untruth(vvhich implies thus much,
that MtSattmjrfbdocs not only aiTuredly know all things that all the women
intheParifhdj, but all what ever che whole Town of Ttrafteed knowes • for
elfe how can he (ay fo of all the women, and all the inhabitants of chat place ?)
16 ctis an untrue adertion; for fome who live at Brafleed do not know it to be an
untruth, but beleeve it to be a truth ; forone Mr^wuf/yagodlyableMinifter
who lives at ~Br.ifieel> in a Gentlemans houfe, and hath lived there this two
years, told me very confidently this Pvelation'ofa woman in theprefence of two
Minifter5; befides two other Inhabitants of the Town who have lived longer
in Brafteed then Matter Sjkmirflj, affirme the fame; and three godly Minifies
living neer to "Brafteed, have told me alfb there is fiich a woman, of whom this
is commonly {poken ; and a Citizen i n Londcn an honeft man having fbme re
lation to Bfajiee 1, and knowing the place, tels me there is fuch a woman, as is
reported by many of BraflecJto be a preaching woman ; and he coming lately
out of Kent} told me that upon the way meeting with a Gentleman of the
Committee, whodifcourfmg of Mr 5^/wrfrj&jdenyJDg there was any fuch
woman in 'Srajieed^ and was fpeaking againft my Book, this Citizen replyed,
hcbeleevedicto be true, and offered to lay a twenty {hilling peece that there
wasiuchawoman, but the Gentleman durftnot; and befides all this the Mi-
nifter who firft told me, having lately been written unto about ic,in a Letter by
way of anfwer ftands to that Pvelathm which is laid down in Gwgrtna. But of
••• ofthCnameoftbCWoman,hcr this in ™J ful1 a"d Particular * Reply the Reader
meeting*, with other particulars fhall receive more large fatisfact'on j only for prefent
from what I have nowfaid (though there be much
more behind^)! leave to the confideration of any judiciousand unprejudiced
Reader whether I hid not ground enough to writ as I did, and whether there
be not more reafbn to beleeve fo many affirmative witnefies then
one negative, who may not know all thats done in Brafteed; ( for fuch a
dung may be , and he never the wi(er) befides Matter Salttnarfh being a
Se&ary is a party, and his teftimony is by me proved to be falfe, in aftirming all
in that place know it to be a meer untruth, whereas the contrary is the truths,
divers living in that Town relating the ftory of a woman Preacher there*
All that Matter Walwyn the Marchant either in his Pamphlets entituled A
wliffier in tit Eare of Mafter Thomas Edtvardf, or a word more to Mailer Tko*
mas Ed&ardfyhbouis to difprove in matter of faft contained in my Book end-
tuled Gmgr&m> is, that I have wronged rum^nd falfifiedin faying Mr Walxyn
alfoin roy r\elanonof<Mr^-
6 bum
And Praftjces of the Sectaries. 2 1
,tbe informations given unto me of both of them being fuch as if they had
'been made a purpofe to fhame me to all the wcrld.
Now by way of Reply ,firp- concerning MrJfj/jrj;! himf-If, lam confident
that every judicious Reader,who hath but read Mr fTalvcyns Pamphlets, out of
them will acquit me, thac I have (aid nothing of him but truth, he being out of
his owne mouth and writings condemned for a dangerotu man3 a Seek*", md *
jirongbezd&s many who knew him not before,from reading his Pamphlets,have
to!dme,that he hath juflified to the world what I have faid of him ; but I (hall
at large make good this againft the man in my full Reply to him- and his fel-
Jowes/ollowing him from place to place,from perfbnto perfbn with whom he
hath converfed, and from one thing to another that he hath had his hand in;
wherein I mall lay him open to the world, and prove him to be a dangerous
man,yea a defperate dangerous m2n3a Seeker and Libertine, a man ofal Pveligi-
ons5p!eading tor all;^nd yet what Religion he is of no man can rel; A man of an
equivocating Jefuitical fpirit, being full of mental refervations,& equivications
as appears by the fcnfe he harh put upon the * National! Cove- » A word more to
nant;there being hardly any Jeftirc could have put a moreequivc- Maft" w»«-^.
calf interpretation upon the Coven anr,then hlmfelf: And I defire the Reader to
obferve what I now fay of M. Walrvyn :• Since his fir ft Book came forth againft
me,T have enquired and fpoken with miny honeft godly men about lA.Walacyn,
who know him well ; and all of them1 with one content and voyce ( though I
have enquired of them apart, concerning him, and the men know not one ano-*
tiler) yet all agree chatMr ^^Aryrffe'a dangerous man, and a defperate man.
Forprefent* ~"ff " lf J • " ' • '-•••-
Reply)whic
heflfe,
fie as roach : The firft was given me in writing, Mmb 30.^1 6)6. fubfcribed by
the hand of him who brought it to me, and delivered to me in the prcftnce
of two godly Citizens as his hand, arid that which he would maintain to be
truth,and produce other witneffes for the proof of it, when he mould be call'd
by Authority ; and tis as follower.
Inprimif, «That Mr Walivjn did fay it was a fin to pray for the King, and
* that it would lie as a fin upon the Preifto fo to cKlude the people *,arid th^t he
'did admire at our Preifts that thfy fhoafd fland bau!ing atid prying
c for the King , that God would turn his heart, and fty of him that he^ was, the
* anoynted of God. And he faid they were glad to doe it^namely theMiriih^rs)
•ijscaufe if the King maintain them in their way, they would cry him up to the
people: And W./^/n^ being asked how we (hot Id per forme theCovdmmt
we fiad taken to maintain the* Kings nbnotirj he ^fafdhercmembrerfnoradri
D 3 ,clau!e
22 A further Difcovery of the Errovrf
'chute in the Covenant : And further he iaid,ihac he did much admire at the
'fimpiidtyirutwasin the hearts of the people, that they ftould fuffer them-
6 /dves to be Governed by a King, and that under fuch a government the King-
' dome could notbs fafe: tie being asked what he thought of Mr MarjbaM9
(M.Ga!amj3M'SsdgwicI^ and other gcdly Minifters; he anfwered and faid they
'were a company of Moumebancks, and that they kept che people in igno-
e ranee and blindnefie, and that they preached nothing but what we know al-
e ready, and that he knew no Scriptures for them to be Preachers more then o-
c ther men, as he named Shoemakers,Coblers,Weavers,or Sopeboylers,and the
£like;ab(blurely fpeaking againft all Congregations and Minifters, and that if
c their Tychs were taken from them, they would foon leave their trade ; and
* /aid that the Apoftles were tradefmeiij and were not chargeable to the bre-
' thren j He further faid that our Minifters might go and preach the Go (pel to
c the Turks and Heathens,and not to ftand prating here,for as he faid before, we
* knew enough already. I asked him who mould preach to the people,and how
they mould be maintained^ they would have them have nothing? 'he anfwered
che knew no Minifters that ought to be fnaintained,but that every man that had
' gifts might be a Minifter, and uie the liberty of his Confcieacejand he (pake in
' the behalf of PattlEeft for his Blaiphemy^fayingjthatif we could not convince
' his Con(cience,we oughc not to punifti his body. Touching the Rebellion in
obferve to what 'this pretended 0^' Ireland, M.Walwjnfaid, the Irifh did no more
• liberty of Confcience Brings men, £ but what WC Would have done Our felveS. if it had
namelf, to plead rorTrealon,Re- {, r . . . . rt , . , _ I./T •
beiiion., and all kind of wick, been our cafe;and (aid, What had the Englilh to do
cdncffe- ' in their Kingdomc > and that they were a better na-
c cured people then we, and faid, why fliould not they enjoy the liberty of
'their Con (ciences? I told hinuhatit was a lad thing to lee how we are divi-
'ded, Come women would not pray with their husbands, and fome not fit at ta-
' ble when they gave thanks for the creatures ; and (ervants would not /oyne in
e prayers with their Matters , nor heare them repeat the Sermons, and that
'many of them have caft off all duties in their families; he juftified them allin
* what they did, and faid, they could give a Reafonfor it, and that it was their
* Confcience that led them to it, and therefore they ought not to be blamed.
e All this I do averre to be truth,and will maintain if, and can bring others to
c witnefle the fame, and have fet to my hand. T. (•
'•i"k--vji<ar' ji.'ijcr''' *
Thefecond was told me Lftfarcb 29. by a Common-Councell-man of the
City of London^, godly underftanding andaftive man, who related tome both
the place where it was fpoken, and the names of foine other Citizen?, who
were prefent, and heard it as well as himfelfsand the Relation is as folio wes.
•There
'There being a meeting at a Tavern of fome wel-aftecled Citizens to confi-
c der of fome things in reference to the publick, as they were fitting by the fire
' (before they began to fall on the bufinefl'e they met for) \Mwal-wyn fpake of
c the Trinity in fuch a ftrange manner,and fo flightly,that all the company was
f troubled at it, and they brake off and departed without doing any thing of
1 that they came for.
Now M. watoyn, I dare appeal to any indifferent Reader, whether I have
injured you in giving barely a brief note or touch upon you,faying, y(.W*ihvyn,
a dangeroiu man and a Seeker ; or rather whether I did not much befriend you
to fay fo little of you,when as you deferved I fhould have made a long relation
pf you and your wayes,as well as of Hich, Web, CUrkfbn, brighter, and many
others. But what may be the true reafon that M.Wal-fvyn was fo touchie upon
the * naming of him in a wordortwo,asto make a Book,and bring » GM^HM^
himfelf upon the Stage? I fuppofe that befide his pride,and the (how- t*s> >2».
ing of his parts, it was to engratiate and endear himfelf to all the Seclarics,by
appearing and writing againil a man fo hatefull to them as M. Edwards is, and
fpecially at this time,wnting* once and again . lhjt,them3inftls^0fbothhisP,m-
for the came of Liberty or Conlcience, that fo phim.- JL wvftn ;* the tar, and,^ wv/w
being taken notice of for aftrong headend true """' to Mft Edwirds-
to the generall libertie of all Seels ; fome or other of the Independents mi<*ht
get him a Burgefs place,and bring him in to be a Member of the Houfe of Conv
mons : I am of the opinion he aimed at that, knowing that firmvc/l was clear-
ing,and many places there wanted Burgefles ; and do beleeve,if a man could fee
the Lift of thofe who are prickt for Cornmell by the Independent party, hee
would find M.Wdlnvyns name in ; and I am of the mind,if 'M.Peters were asked,
and would tell truly, it would be found tAwufajn and Lieuc.Col. Lilhurn are
committed to his care for Corn-well, and that he muft preach at their election ;
and befides all other reafons I have to think fo,this is one,that both M.iVal-svyn
and M.Lilbtirn were by fome named,und voices laboured to be made for them.
to have had them Burgefles ofSoMttrwarkj I have fpoken with two godly men
of the Burrow , who were once or twice at a meeting about the buiineUe of
MjVtilwyns being propounded for a Burgefle in .5W//»w^,who then oppofed
it, as hearing from many hunds,that he was a dangerous man, and a Seeker, yea
worfc. As for M.JF*//»7» faying my informations of M. Lilhurn to his know
ledge are fuch as if they had been made of puipofe to frame mee to all the
world : I reply, had hee inftanced in any one particular,! would have given a
particular fatisfadory anfwer : But it may be M. Wnlrvyn means that which
Cretcnfis particularizes in ^.48. of play ing at Cards, that 'tis falfe that M.Z/7-
bwrn is a player at, Cards, and that hee procefts hee never plaid a game at Curds
fince.'
24, A further Discovery of the Errourt
fence his coming to London ; Now I defire to ask Cretenfis, M. Walvpyn, M. Lit-
^r#,what they meanbyy?w<? hi* coming to London, whether the firft time of his
coming to Lond:n when hee came a youth to be here an Apprentice (as many
may take the words)? or fince his laft coming to London out of the Army
abour twelve moneths ago ? or coming to London after fome journey two or
three months ago ? or which of the times he means fince his coming to London:
Now if he fpeak and mean of the rlrft, that hee hath not plaid at Cards never
fince his coming to London when hee was a youth, I can prove that is falfeby
good wttnefles,and I know M.Z»j/£#r# will confefle he hath plaid at Cards fince
thefe warres : I can for a need tell him where,and when,and produce witnefles,
but that needs not ; Mr. Lilhurn (on the 17. day of Mi.rch laft) confeflfed to a.
Citi/,en,though he had not played at Cards fince his coming to L Wo»(keeping
himfelf under that equivocation) yet he plaid at Cards feverall times in * Ox-
When he W3S pr.Toner there, being fi^ : BllC if he mean finC£ his laft COHling tO London,
taken by the caiaii.rs when they which may be few months,or a few weeks ago, (nei
ther do I know how often U.Lilburn may make jour-
•neycs,and return again to London.} that no whit infringes the truth of my Re
lation concerning him ; for I did not fay he plaid at Cards this month or two ;
but if he have often plaid at Cards fince hee was a great Seclary, and a ftickler
againft the Presbyterians and the Reformed Churches within this yeer,two, or
three of the conteftation againft the Presbyterian Government, that makes
good what I have faid of him ; and in common acception that man may be
truely faid, and is fo called to be one who is a player at Cards, that yet playes
not every week nor month (not having opportunities, nor his many occafions
at fome times permitting him) but only once a yeer, at the ordinary time of
playing at Cards, and when he is at leifure, and meets with company for it :
Now if Lieutenant Col. Lilhttrn would play often at Cards when he was pri-
.foner in Oxfird'm his affliction, and among the Cavaliers, the enemies of Re-
formation,(both which are great aggravations of the facl ; for, if a m.tn be af-
j?j£W/aith Saint fames, let him pray, not play at Cards ; and a man among e-
nemies, and thofe who hate Reformation and ftriclneiTc, had need walk more
circumfpeclly, and be moreexaclbecaufeofthe reproach of the enemy, and
who no queftion from thence took occafion both to ftrengthen themfelves in
their loofe walking, and to fpeak evill of the wayesof God) I know no reafoti
but a man may without breach of charity judge he will play at Cards now he is
at liberty,and'among his brethren the Sectaries. And fb much for the prefenr
,by way of Reply to M. Watoyn.
Reply to crc- As for Cretenfis the Cretlan, alias Mr. Goodwfo, hee is a man who
*0»;*v. expreflfes fo much pride, arroffancie,malice,wrath? jcaring, and fcof-
and Vrafticet of the Seffdrkf. 2 5
ring not only at me and my Books , and Tome few famhfuil Miniftersand
femntsofGod, butagainft all Presbyterian* Afimbkd or not dffimbkdin Eng-
land^cotlandjFrance and IrelandjComiug forth juft like Goliab,rai- cretenfi,
ling and defying tie armitf rftbe living G^/,that I have much ado to P-8- "•
keep my felfe from anfwei ing him according to hisfolly, and beating him whh
his own weapon, Difficile eftSMyramnonfcriberr, and my indignation to fee the
un.vorthineflF: and mfolencie of the man much provokes me. Bud confider
whatbecomes me as a Mlnifterofthe Gof^el todoinfuchacafr, rather then
what he hath dc-ferved^ and therefore mall pafle by his railings, and fcoff?^ not
rendring tvittfor a ;//, or raiiingfor railing^ but c0ntrarivpi(e bkjjing, ^wmwg that I
am tbtreunto cjL'ed : And inftead of railing and vilifying Mifter Goodarin, I will'
a little expoftulare with him ; M-Grtdrei*, will you never leave your (coffing
and (corning, your reviling and reproaching of all men, lUimng your pages
with great (welling words, and filling whole leaves with nothing but jeers and
multitude of fix: footed word^ infteadof Fveafons and Arguments? will you by
all your writings and preachings make good that Title whichby way of re
proach was firft given to you, aamely , The great R'.d Drjgua ofCoktnan-fti-eet ?
will you Q$l\j}iH.*J a Dragon , and Dragon like flic fiercely in the faces of all,
fpicting yourpoyfon and venom-e againft all, calling fire-brands every where ?
will you alwaycs ufe your mouth to frej/^great tbingi *nd blafthimief, anetopex
yoHT iJtc.utb in bljfybemy againft Gvdfiu name and iif Tsbtrruclt, as you have done
in your Books ofControverfie? will you never learn to be meek andlowly,to
deny your fnffion, fpcak asv a Lamb, and repent of your deeds ? lee me tell you,
that if you belong toGod, rhis rpintofycurs5and the xvay of managing things
in your Books of M.S. Tbeotnacbia^ Anfwers to Mr Pryr.m, Crttwfis will coft
you dear,and you will be ftved a? by fire. For my part inftead of reproaching
and fcofh'ng you("t hough not fir want of matter, Crsitnjts being a very fruitful!
iabjcft for a mm to exerdfehis wit upon)all I wiif docichcr in this brief, or in
my full and large R.eply fhall be to draw to one head all the Errours and ftrange
xvayes Crctenjii holds and hath walked in, by which if (God wil) he may be a-
fharued and truly rmmb!ed,and his (pirit Gved in the day of Chrin\or however,
that godly \veakChriftiansmay know him as a dangerous erroneous manjand
^voidhim: All I will fry now (referving pafttcular?, and the proofs of them
til! my full Pveply) mall be this, that Cretcnfis hath an heretical! wit,and holds
rrran/ wicked opinions, befnganHermorphradite and a compound ofanAr-
rcinianjSociaianjI.ibcrtine, Anabaptift , &c.and inregardcffome ftrargj opi
nions he h »th held many yeai s,and others that in time he might fall umo( which
in the Presbyterian way he could never en joy with quiet, nor h.ive liberty to
propagate them): herefore he took fanftuary in Independency/alling from our
Church, a id the Presbyter/ all GovernmentCwhich a little before the fiift fitt-
E ing
2 6 A further Difcomry of the Er tours
ting of the Aflembly,, he held to be moft agreeable to the Word ofGod) unto
the Independent way , as chat wherein he might with more faf cy enjoy his opi
nions • and left Cretevfo fhould fcore up this fora lye, as he hath done many
truths ; which before I have done with him, I mail make apparent to all, I do
here give the Reader a true Copie of a Narrative (em me from a godly humble
learned Mirifter fubfcribsd with his own. hand, which fully proves. the matter
I have now Ipoken of.
^Narrative- oj ctnnm words uttered by Mr. John Goodwin AfmifteTof 'Coli'ntatt*
Jlreet) not long before the 4Jfemblyfate.
THe faid Mr Goodwins judgement being confulted as concerning the
poinc of Church-government : His Anfwer was to this effefythat in his
'judgement he approved of the Presbyterian government as being moft agree-
* able to the Word ofGod, yet in fine added that he thought,that the way of Fn-
' pendency would better fuit and fie him in regard of fb me private and iingular
*Tenents that he held.
This Minifter fubfcribes his nanje at length under thefe foregoing lines and
writes as followes.
c Mafter Edwards let me requeft you not to bring my name upon the Stage
' ;n Print to atteft this bufinelfe for divers reafbns beft known fo myfelf:!
iay no moreferbumfat fapie»:i, Tours in all offices of love.
And therefore though in this, as in any other particulars, I fet not down the
names in Print, yet am I far from forgery or lying, or thofe Ministers from be
ing afraid to juftifie their Letters, as Cntenfit would infinuate to the Reader,
pag.s.j.'But I conceive the Reafons why this Minifier and many others,though
they are^villing to witnefle truth,and to communicate their Intelligence about
the Sec1:arie?,yet for the prefent do defire ro have their names concealed, i . Ee-
caufethey live among many Sectaries and Independents, fome whereof b^ing
an pjace both in Towns and Countries may do them no good offices, but may
znuch moleft and trouble them j and therefore unlefle fbme great good might
come by witnefiing publikely, which might councervaile their hazard, as Tup-
preflingfi^* the Conventicles of the Sectaries, the fprcading of erroneous opi-
ninons5and puniftiing fome of the 'Rabbles and Ring-leaders., they are unwill
ing to venture thcmfelves by being brought upon the Stage in Print. 2. Be-
caufe fome live in places where. part of our Armies lie,ormay come : Now ma
ny fouldiers being Se&ar ies, and violent for their opinions,if they fhould meet
with any Minifters named in print, giving me intelligence, it were as much as
the fpoiling of them and their families ; and where are they that do or will fe*.
cure them, from fuch violence?. there are 100 many examples of Minifters be-
Prices of the Setfarie/. 2 7
ingin danger,as M. Andrews was;and therfore I deal plainly,! have been fpoken
to by word of mouth, and fcnt unto from (bme Minifters in the Country not
to name them in my Books, becaufe,if the Army, or fome parts of it come that
way, they (ball be undone, vvhich is a Htisfying anlwer to all rationall men,for
iny concealing their names, efpeciallytoall thofe who underftand the ftate
of things, and obferve how powerfull the faftion cf the Scftari-rs is,
Now before I come to give a particular Anfwer to the tnoft materiall Ob-
jeftions made a gainft my Book,I ihall prernifethefe fixteen Obfervations upon
Cretenfi, Or abriefe Anfiver, &c. which to every judicious and unprejudiced
Reader will (I mike no queftion^) give a great deale of fuisfa&ion, and ferve
for a precious Antidote againft the venom and rancor of the Crct'un.
Oljf. i . I d?fire the Reader to obferve the hand of God in leaving M.GW-
mnfo to himfelf in ivriung this Pamphlet astofuffjr hisownpride3 p-ifllon,
rage and malice fofarto blind him, as to name his own Book ( and therein
himfelf Offer//?.; ^giving himfclfrhe name of Lyar, as is manifefted by the Title
of the Book Cietenfisflf a brief A ifrrer to an ttlcerottt T re.it ifc &c. fb that Th>
irief Anftvtr t<t an ulcerous Treatfi is Cretevfit , noc the Treatife publifli-
ed by Mafter Edwards^ vvhich is made by Matter Goodwin contradiftinft to
•Crstenfit, fo that if M Goodwin underftands plain EnglifiiJ common (enfejand
kjiuvs bow te rangt hu Parts cfSpetcb in a Sentence.. &c.let him in his Rejoynder
to my Reply deny it if he can^nd truly tis admirable (and I cannot but admire
thewifdomeandgooinefleofGod wherein men deale proudly to be above
themjthat this great Rabbi,and Seraphicall Doftor,who comes f«i«^j/ vidt ^g.
forth like Goliah, challenging all the Presbyterians AljJcmWedor *o:faz -a+-
-not Affimlled, carrying himfelf with that difdain and fcorne towards me, juft as
Goliah to little D<™/c/, filling up fome of his pages with (comings ofme, as than
I cannot writ trueEngl.m, put the Nominative Cafe and Verb together, fpeak
•common fenfe^or giverhe Englifh fenfe of a Latin fentence, mould himfelf in
the very firft words he writes prove hirofelffuch an Ignoramus both in the La
tin and Engli&Vs togive himfelf thetitle of Notorious Ly- » Tir. r n. ne cn».
ar, name'y, * CretenfijyOr a brief Anftrcrjfrc. And as the man *"' are "i**'** Ljars.
doth it in the Frontifpicc of his Book,(b in the Book it felf, as inpag. 35?. where
he would make me a lyar in that Relation ofCofens of Rocbejler; in the very en
trance into it he (tumble?, givinghis own Relation the lye,as the Reader may
p.Tceive by thefe words, Crefev/z/ fpeaking of what was reported to me that
fofmt mould fay of Chrilt, fairh, let this be tbefirft lye in tbu Catat>guc,tbe min
mvtr/Mk&toK he makes it a * lye that fcfias n=ver faid * rw.i, a iyc in c^nft.
it : Now it this be a lye that Crefenfo never faid (b, then by the Cataio2ui,that Cofnt
rule of contraries, 'nsa truth that he fpoke it- and however nwcrfiidit-
•Cretenff may nreane oth?rwife,ifih?manknew how to bringit out, yettne
E 2
28, Afnrtbtr Discovery of the Errourt
beft that can be made of ic5is, that this great Cntick^ who for want of matter,
falls upon my words,making me to IpeaK falls Engli(h,nonfenfe,and to be ignc-
rant inputting the Nominative Cafe and Verb togtiher regularly in Ewg////&,is himfelf
ever and anon tardy infalfe Englifli,nonfenfe, not putting the Nominative Cafe
and Verb regularly together,of which I could give Cif I had no material! things
againft Grctenfisjior nothing elfe to do but to pick ftraws)many inftances both
in this and ether of his Books- but I will name only one, and that in this bun-
He^' ofCofin: apealing to Cretenfis himfelf, where in this following fentence,
Hir Relation here report: that cne Cofens of P\.ochefter in Kent, that Jefus (Shrift WM
a Safljrd} is the Verb for the Nominative Caie ; and whether M, Gtodwin batb
well ranged btfpartsfij Speech in this (snience, and put the Nominative fofe and
Verb together regularly in English ? befides adde unto this what followes Hocpri-
ntitmiLe! tbu bs tbsfirftlje in this Catalogiteythe mm never f aid it : whether he hath
foained.tbi flwBHn of a period according totbecemm(inrttlesof'R.eafon>Cjrammar,
and common fenfi $ but to put a period to this firit Gbfervation, let the Reader
take notice that in the thing wherein the man hath finneci(his principall defigne
being this by all his Art, flourishes and fallacies to rendermeaFaliifierandi
Lyar to the world) in that God hath punidiedhim, fufFeringhim togivehim-
felf the name of Crete vfa , alwaies Lyar, by which name he will be known and
called as long as he lives, and after he is dead alf o.
. Obf. 2. M. Cretenjtt Anfwer in the whole frame, drift, and in all the ftrains
of it is fb carried (if not formally yet virtually and equivalemly) to juftifie and
defend all the Herefie?, Blafphemies, Praftifes I have (poken againftj for what
one of all the i So. Errours or Blafphemies is fpoken againft,difa vowed or con
demned in Cretenfis An(vver,but rather all along throughout the Pamphlet^the
ErrourSjHerefies^c. are flighted, made nothing of, put off with jears,(co£fs,
and great (welling words of vanity ; yea, in a fort denied,as if there were none
foch3and in fine, both fret en ftt Conference and wanton wit are proftituted and
fire tchcd upon tenter-hooks tofindeevafionsand tricks to bring offwithout
Ibfle all forts of Sectaries and opinions; asfor inftance,Cre/e^ palliats and
daubes with untempered morter, the Er rours, Herefies, Elafphemies3 &c. with
filch kind of devices as thefe following : Tkat he could make aVifavery cretenf,:,
tfas many Erraxrs and Hcrefas together in me stone, and that the moft Or* Pas- 3-
tbedox Presbyterian under Heaven (no nor Independent neither] errottrs not much be
neath the like fate or nwnlef oferrturs and tniflakes oj Religion jtbat IK marvails how
^W.Edwards conldftay bis fen atfoftnall a number at l$Q*andctid not advance to ten
iboxfandtimes ttntboufand)&c. that if I wiU own the verdiEtofai learned avdin-
genteout a fen M ever vprot ov my y?<&,(Greten£ pag,p.]I>M«/? rekafe the better half of
tbeprifoners, andinfleadofiSo. Errwrs andHercjies write dawn fourfcoreyand that
for twenty ( Cretenft pag,i I*) and tenoftbefe opiums wkicb lip AW impeached »f
And Praftices of the Sedaries. 2 9
Errottrs and Here fie (and bt wiG not fay for fow many more^he cajls the glove to wbofo-
cver will tal^it up to bring them off with the honour 0f/r&f/;;befides Cretenfif makes
a fixfold deduction from the Catalogue of Errours and Herefies,( Cnttnfotg,
$,) and pleades formerly,and in termwu for fome of ihe Errours;laftly alio he
Co minces and extenuats the whole contents of my book, (Cretenf. p, r r, p. 20.
liJTbat when all iht accvfid onetjhxtt have time and opportunity to flandfcrtby and
flead their innocency ,CCretcnCpag, 6.ybtre will be very little trutbfiwd remaining
in any thing reported by me,ex^r in fuch things at are tranfgrejjiont againft no Law;
and indeed the whole Anfwer is in one kind or othera continued pleading for
Btal, and a calling Error Truth,and Darknefle Light. O the wretchednefle and
wickednefle of Cr*fe«/?whereas for thefe abominations of theErrour s,Herefies,
Blafphemies of our times.,(known too well to all the Kingdome) he fliould have
fat down aftonied ,mourning and iighing,rendinghis hearr3crying out,w/ bow
els my bowels, lam pained at the heart; the man makes a (port and mock of them
to make himfelf & the Independent fons of Jeroboam wliD are of his own con-
ftitutlon merry with them,ufing alfo (everal Artifices 8c (ophiftications to dude
the truth. A ndtho this be very fad that fuch a man as Cretenf*vj\\Q pretends to
Co much Saintmip and holynefle (hould do thus.or indeed any man who hath buc
the name of a Ohrittian, yet I cannot butobferve a good hand of God in this as
well as in the former, thus to leave him as to flume him before all the world,
many befide« niy felf taking notice and Speaking of this in Cretcnf. how without
alldiftin&ion he (peaks for, & moft mamefully excufes all kind of Errors, Here-
iies,Bl*^phemies, Antitrimcarians5 Arrian?, A.ntUcripturifts, &c.not finding any
one Error or peribn throughout my book worthy to beblamed5but in this we
find no It range thing,for that Scripture mult be fulfilled, As for fuch as turn ajide
unto their crookfdwtyef, the Lord fball lead them forth with the, workers of iniquity*
Olf. 3. Cretenfis throughout his whole Anfwer, without excepting any one
man,makes at thofe erroneous perfons Saints fiitbfulfirvants ofGod,&c.\vhom
I have mentioned in rayCatalogiie,and though moft of the inftances in my Re
lations, w here I name per ions and infift fome what largely upon them, bcof
moft dangerous men, & of men holding molt abominable horrid errors and blaf-
phemous opi^ions^J^riter^ebbjCljrkfeffjHich^Ma^al/^c.jet doth notCrf-
tenfit condemiij fpeak againft any one of them, or fcparate the vile from fuch as
may be pretious among the lower fort ofiefts,but bundles them upamong the
Saints, (peaking of the Scs i he Sts, whofe nakednes M. Einards being of Satans
Councel,hath laid open,& fpread a table for Satan with the fhame and fbrrows
of the Sai;its,fo that in Cretenfii Kalend^r (Cntenf.p.^.} AotitrinitarianSj Anti-
fcripturifts, Arrians, Socinians, Perfeftifts5are canonized for SK as well as Inde-
pendents3Brownifts3and Anabaptifts,and a min may find there S< 5^,S Wrigb*
i«r,Sr Wtbbfi Hicb&Glarkfont&c. as well as S1 Good*'* and his Church; and no
E 3 queftion
go ^ further Bifiovery cftheErrottrs
-queftion if Saint Be ft {hall fufrer by the Tar' laments authority, for his damnable
Herefies and Blaiphemics.heflia1! be a Martyr too as well as a Saint in Cnunfa
JCalenderjand be reckoned the Protomartyr of the Seftaries ; and in this the
Header may obferve how Cretwft (no queftion againft his own intention) whilft
,the.main fcope ot 'hi? Pamphlet is to make Gang ana a lying book, confirms the
±ruth of many paflages related in it,namely the Independents holding with all
other Se£b,. nor dividing from them, pleading for them upon all occafions,
;ftrengthnmg their handsjbringing them off from danger,&c- all which Cf'£tef'f*
in m any pages of his book makes good, and though he had a fair occafion upon
the coming out of Ganir&n i to have cafheired many out of their number(there
beingfomany foul Seels and Seftaries difcovered) and can never come off
with honour for not taking ir 3 yet 'tis evident Cretenfis wi'lnotloofeanyone
fort of Se&s or any one Sectary , but joyns them with himfelf and his own
Church, the S*iatf9*btfiitkfii&:fcrv4iitt ofGod^nd fuch like.
Ohf. 4. Cretenfis out of his pri Je,and in his rage cafts fii e- brans every where,
abufing and having a fling at all he comes near,or takes an occafion to fpeakof,
and that not only particular fingle perfons of approved integrity and abilities,
cut whole focieties, as the Honourable Court of Common- Conncell,£>.49. cal
ling them Brethren in ;n:qttlty with me/or reprefenting in their Petition to the
vide petition of tie Lord Major ^ Parliament, that there were* eleven meetings at
SSrSff*!! % leaft ^ Seftaries in one Parift i8 this City, yea and
Jan. a*. all Presbyterians Aflembledand not Aflembkd'. Had
fijit only abu(ed and fcorned me, apoer weakjbMlefull ofdu^ that in bit
account tyowes not borv to range Parts of Speech in afentence,nor to put the Nomina
tive Cafe and perk together regularly in Englifa I could have born it, and pafled it
by, as I have done many of the like kind; but who can without a check, fuflfer
this proud man to flight and Icorn all kind of worthy men , as if all wifdome
and understanding dwelt in him alone.
£) '^ v Cretenfis inleverall places oFhis Book abules Sctipture (bringing that
in to ferve liis turn to make j^ ft 5 and feoffs upon me and others, as in jMg. 9. 1 5.
&c. Tis a great iniquity in me (as Cretenfis would makeitj toabufe his Saints^
but no fault in himto make /efts upon the Scripture.
Obf. 6. Cretenfts Pamphlet confifts of little elte but great fwelling words of
vanity, /ears, fcofts, bitter reproaches, long- winded fentences, preambles, cir-
cumlo:utions,and multitude of words without waight and matter, fo that if a
manfubftra£talhhele, what remains? certainly all the matter, reafon and
ftrength of this Book may be writ in a gold Ring, and there will hardly be e-
nough to fill a poor weal^ thimblefull ofduftps for example,what ado doth Crettnf,
make,ipeaking over and over thelamethings,fpending whole pages and leaves
upon that which he might have fpoken & antVered to in three or four linesjas
about
and Pra&ifct of the Setfarkf.
about bowling on dayes cfT hankfgiving.he runs out from pig. 28 to 3 6. and
focarpsatthe word meeting 111/^.36,37. Now 'tis an evident figne the man
could not find matter of exception inGangf. to workupon, thit he lo catches
at words and phrafes; no man who is in his wits3and hath good employments,
will fpend his time in picking offtrawes and catching flics.
Obj. 7. Cntenfii if not formally and in (o many word?, yet vir.mlly doth ani
mate and (Ur up the Se&aries to fall upon me,dealing by me in oppofing the er
rors of the Se&arics, juft as the jefuits and Papifts do againft thole who write
and preach againft their way3telling fome of their feduced followers, it will bo
a meritorious work to kill (uch^a-d take them out of the way;and ifCreterff do
not fb3what.mean thefe words/', 1 9. And let Mr, Edwards knoir^ndlet hu cor°fci-
met and compeers knorP9 that rvbatjoevcr bcfljillftijfer, rvbetbtr from bit Sefljrief or
ethers in tbit bkudy negotiation, bcfl) tllfuffir not at a Cbfifliat7y.nor with Cbrift, but
MaJIdalefattor audan ei»/-^r.implying,thatifthe Seftariesmiilhief or kill me
for my bcok 'tis but an aft againft a Malefa&or and an evill-doer.
Obf. 8. Cretenfis takes upon him to fet out a Book which he cals an Anfwer
to a Treatife lately publifhed by Mr. Edwards called Gangrvu, and yet in thi$
Anfwer * profefles that he hath nor read one quarter of the Book as yer,and
* that he hath neither Icafiire nor opportunity to . Crcrenfi$^a *Ifrflftfre t1tlly ilit
iearch to the bottome, orlirt to the bran, all iind»etrttdi*t<nutttrof tbt BOO^
thatthcman ftorieth ;.-r J5and f,r aim in his ZW^t'tt^'*'',
G*ngr£na . NOW I think thsfearethe Only true ^ve neither tenure nor ofjif nunity t»
p^ffagesintheBook; for had CVrfw/f/ read the ^ht'*el°*»™
Book thorough , . and well laid to heart the Contents of it, and compared one
thing with another which liay in my Bookjthiin he would never have writ
ten fuch an Anfwer, nor belched out fuchun(avory pillages againft it; Ibe-
leeve if Cretenfi, had read it thorough, there arc iuch fad and fencus paffages ii*
many p^ces of the Book as would have awed his conference • but in the mean
time how well becoming fuch a learned deep Rabbi and wife man as Crjtenflf
would be thought to be, 'tis to write an Anlwer to a Book, and to profcfle he
never read one quarter of it, I leave tc all rational! men to judge,and to Cntcn-
fs himfelf upon a review : I had thought Mafter frjodrwdt folly fpoken
cf by many for giving his cenfure and judgment upon my -Autapoltgie before
lie read it over (only dipping here andtherej would havy been a vrarning
to other men. Matter Edwards && wea^ a poer tbimblefttU of duft as he is*
not knowing according to Cn\tnfi\ Grammar, boa? to put the Nominative Cafe
and Verb together, &c. would have been aftamed to have had io little wit oc
reafon,as to make an Anfwer to a Book, and in that to declare to all the world
he never read a fourth part of it} but I cannot but take notice of the good hand
of Godin befooling Mr, Goodwin in this, as in many other patfages of his An
fwer.
52 A further Difcovsrj of the Srrourt
fwer to caufc him to procUim thus his own fhame and folly to the world.
Ohf. 9 GreatOe/ewj.adeepDivine.aTeacher or Teachers(is fome cry him up)
the great lying Oracle of the Se&aries , yet further foir.es out his own Hiame
and fo My in faying the far gwttfpart tftbc particulars dtte&td were obfen-ed by <?-
thers, and prefented to bim. (Cfy&ttf.f.tyi) Is not this a ftrangeani new way of an-
iwerin? Book -'/or men to take up things upon triift from others , to go by an
implicite faith, and not to fee with their own eyes, nor examine things them-
felves, efpccially for a man upon things obferved by others, to make inch a
mighty bufinc{Te,and to carry matters in fuch a fcornfull triumphing way pofi-
tively charging a Book with lying forgery, &c, as Cntenfis doth? what if Cre-
lenfis Saints3who obferved and prefentcd matters to him,(being parties^fhould
out of weakneffe,in'udicioufne{re, orpartialb.rTecl:ion,ifnot maliceand \vil-
fulneffe miftakeand pervert myfayings, where is Cretenfes then ? I muft tell
Cnt;nfis the poor weak. tbimbhfHhfduftJQ fcorned by him as not worthy to car-,
ry his Books after him, doth not ufe to make Anfwersto Books without read
ing one quarter of them,but before he fets forth Aniwer?, he reads them many
times overpaying and corrparing one thing with another, neither takes he any
thing upon truft from other mens obfervations which he writes as his own, or
can come to fee wi h his own eyes. Shou'd Mr. fLdrvjrds in wricing any of his
Books,or in this laft have taken Cntenfit (light co'j;fe, there's no queflion but
before this time }At.£drvards had heard after another manner, and in another
way of his Books then he hath, efpecial!y of his Antapo}og;e and Gangr**** but
the/>0 or rveal{tbimble/»!li>ftJuft,ihat ^nawi noibow to range bit 'Parts of Spxchin a
fentcnccj&c. hath more brain s in this then the btifhelfull of dirt, who thongh
Cretenfii have more guts and garbage and be better bodied yet in the opinion of
wife men will be thought to have lefife undemanding, and fewer brains in ex-
preffing himfelf fo as he hath done.
Obf. 10. All the materials and ground- works Cntenfis makes ufe ofanct goes
upon in his Anfwer to Gangrg.to difprove the truth of things related by me fas
the Reader may obfervejare either the Teftimonies of the parties themfelves,
as Ovtrio^Cofeni^Ki^n^Lilb^n^^.B:trroKgbs^ct(^\\ic\\ in their own cafe are
little to be credited^and if according to C<-etenf.(p^2) rule it be no regular pre
cede in Law5to ask my fellow whether I be a theif,then lure 'tis no good o; e to
ask a mans felf if he be a theif J or doubtful dark Anfwers to matters of fa£t,that
may be taken in divers fenfes jtift like the Anfwers of thelying OracleSj of w*
there are many inftances,as in thatofL^/^r.playing atCards with many others,
or elfe his witneflfcswil be found to beSedarieS;Anabaptifts, Apprentice boyes,
or parties imerefted,or (iich l\ke-(Cretenf.p..].^ as for inftance in Mr. Ricrafts
letter^vhereas my proofs of things will be found to be of another nature,mofl:
of the greateft things laid down in my Catalogue known to my felf and many j
the
and Prattifts of the Se&tries. 3 3
many, the Books being extant to prove them, and molt of my witneffes will
be found to be godly able Minifters , and other eminent, found, fubftantial
Chriftian?, and the worft of them of more repute, more likely to know
things they reported then the beft of yours (excepting Mr. Burrongbr, whom
yet 1 (hall prove to have forgot himfelf in writing that Paper fet down by you
Page 42.) befide, theperfons whom I had relations from, had no reafonto
fpeak things out of partiality,prejudice, but only the naked truth, many thing?
being related to others as well as to me ; befides, few of them who writ or
related thefe matters, did them out of any defign againft the Sectaries, but
only in a way of declaring, and bewailing to what pafle things were come ;
and if toall thefe be added what Crctenfis himfelf grants, ^«g* 26 oneaffir-
mative teftimony is more valid in Law, then many negative, all that Mr. Good-
Vein hath alleaged by way of Anfwer is to little purpofe.
Obferv. 1 1. That thofe very things Crctenfis charges me with either in my
Amapologj) or Gangrena (though tnoft unjuftly) as forgery, lying, jugling,
bitternelltr, malice, bloody negotiation againft the Saints, taking up reports,
and printing them upon weak and fight grounds, obfcene fcurrilous writing,
contradictions, falfe Englifli, nonfenfe,withfuchlike; the man himfelf, asm
other of his Books, fo alfo in this, is moft faulty, as the judicious Header may
obfervemoreor kffeinone of thefe kindesor other throughout the whole
Bookj and in my full Reply I fhall morehrgely and particularly fpccifie : In
one word, Cretenfis is a noft ungodly, Amichriftian, infolent, proud, mali
cious, wrathful, lying, obfcene, fcurrilous, nonfenfe, abfurd, contradictory
piece.
Obferv. 12. fretenfis in all his Books of Controverfie and Anfwers of all
forts that I have fcen and met with, is of all Writers in this later age the
greateft lalfifier of Authors, wrefting them upon all occafions, and that with
aGyant-like confidence againft their own fenfe, and contrary to what they
are kno;vn ex profeffo to hold, and he will not be beaten off from ir, as is ap
parent in his Trcatifes of Juftification, and in his Anfwer to Mafter/Vywwr,
and in this Book bringing in Mafter Ball for him in the point of Free-will :
Now this muft arife either from ihat herer cal genius of his, that he (inneth htin^
condemned of himfelf, (j>eaking fyes *n h)'pocrifiet htving hit conscience (eared
Vfith a hot iron, or elfe from a high flown mad fancy, making things to appear
which are no: at all, like to that mid man of Athens, who thought all the
Ships that came into the Haven were his (though he m ver were fharcr, much
kite owner in any Ship) fo Cretenfis fancies all learned Wrirers to be for him'
wheares indeed there never was any found and Orthodox Divine for him, as I
fhall (hew more fully hereafter, and divide Learned Mafter Gataktrhom
him.
F Cre-
34 o* further Difwvery of the Errors
Obferv. 13. Cretcnfis juft Cretan like faftens that upon me in my G
xx, affirming I fay that which I do not, as mp*g. 28. Sett. 23. and doth father
opinions upon me, meerly from the leaving out of a word or two by the
Printers ever- fight, Cretenf. pag.2"$. (though corrected in the fecond Edition,
and abroad full iourteea datyes before Crettnfts) which was either done wil-
fiilly and on fb purpofe jgainft his knowledge, or from his not •. reading over
my Book, but taking up things upon ttuft.
Obferv. 54. There are many things in Cretenfts Pamphlet which he pre
tends to Anfwer, making much ado of, and laboring to fatten upon me lyes,
r.onfenfe, &c. which yet in theclofe, after a great many high-flown words,
CreteKjis is forced to conftflfv them true, and that both of himfelf and others
(though by many words he haih labored to pufle and caft a mift before the
eyes of the Reader.)
Obferv, 1 5. 1 defire the Reader to obfcrve, that this Anfwer made by this
great Rabbi, is but fna-ches here and there, anfwering GtKgrana. by great
leaps, as Leopards ufe to take ; Cretenfis anfwers one paffjge OIK of p. 70,
and then leaps to 1 28. taking another there, and from ^ .i2S.leaps back to /;.8.
and after this fore the whole Anfwer is : And for tfaofe pages where Cretenfis
faftens upon fomething to give an Anfwer unto, even there he fnatches, takes
not the whole, what goes before , nor what follows after, fothat after that
rate of Anfwering (if fuch'kinde of Difcourfes muft have the names of An
fwers) how may not men elude, and make nothing of the excellenteft Books
that ever were written by men, yea of the Scriptures themfelves , and wreft
them, if they will not take one place with another, and obferve what goes be
fore, and what follows after : And as this great Rabbies Anfwer is by fnatch
es, fo'cis full of miferable fhifts and poor evafions, as among others, fag. 16.
Grctenfis gives that reafon why my Anthology hath not been Anfwcred in 18.
Moneths, becaufe t he Way by ^hich light and truth flould go forth into the Veorld,
WAS hedgd up by Clergy, Cla$c\xe Councels^ at Meith thornt Agaixft him : Now
I wonder with what face Cretcnf. can write this,when as all men know the In
dependents have a Ltcenfer of their own at hand, Hr.Tadiler, whoisfuch
a* friend to all the world of Believers, that cer-
•SMiftfwa* for liberty. tain]y he cannot deny Cret€Hfu , Do na£ we dai}y
fee the man Licenfes without either fear or wit all kinde of Pamphlets, The
Error of Attfaptifm&gunQi Mr. Marfial,i\ie Error of Seekers in The Smoke
of the Temflf^A pretended Atftytr e>/"Mr. SaUwar/k to the Affemblies Petition,
and now fretenfit againft Gangrtna; and will Mr. Bachi/or Vcith Cltrgj^CUf-
(ifjae Councels,hedge up thefyaj as Vv it h thorns againft '. Crete* fts Reply to Mr.
'Efatrds Antapolegia ? Can Crentcnf. think though his own deluded Church,
and other Sectaries may havtfo much Independent faith as to belitvc him,that
any
35
any Presbyterian hath fo little wit a; not o> Jaugh at (uch folly? why could not
John Bxchilor as well leap over the hedge of Clergy Claffiqtte thorns CO Licenfe a
Kepijr co Anfjpologiti, is an Anfwcr to Gangrtna ; and pray Mr. Goodwin in
your ntx: account you give H*to the Veorldby pub/ike ttrtf*ȣ,give me an account
why honcft Jod* Bachilor could noc as well leap over the hedge of Clergy Claf-
fic]»c thorns toLicenfe a full Reply to Antapologia, as to Licenfe A brief A*-
fxxr to Gavgr<tn.i ? But no more of this now.
Obferv. 1 6. The Chriftian Reader may obferve Cretenfis as in this , and his
former Books, fo in all hi*, preachings and ways, to have all the characters and
marks ol falfe Prophets and falfe Teachers, not only in his hand?, bat upon his
forehead, fo th« if I would here enlarge, I might clearly (hew all that Chrift
and the Apoftles fpake of falfe Prophets,are to be found in Creten/tt-t but I will
only inftince in a few laid down by 7>eter and Jude in their Epiftles, and upon
the propounding of them, I know the Reader will fay, as face anfwereth face
in glafle, fo doch £ret**fis anfwer thefe Scriptures ; Peter faith of the falfe
Teachers in his time, that they fpetl^grtMt f&tK*£ Words of vanity^ And that they
promifc their followers liherty ; and/«^,They arc clouds Without ^f at er .carried
about ofVrinds, raging Veaves of the Seatfo*mi*g out their oVtn fbame, Vfandring
ftars ; their mouth freaking great ftoetting ^ords^having wens per fans in admira
tion becaufc of advantage, Thefe be they Who feparate themfelves, feudal, having
not the Spirit : Now I do appeal to any man who knows Cm<r»/;.f,either in his
Writing? or Preaching, whether he be not a man that fpeaks great fuelling
words of vanity ; whether he doth notpromife his followers liberty, yea, a
univerfal liberty ? whether he be not a cloud without water, flonrifhes and
ftiews without fubftance ? whether he be not a raging wave of the Sea,
foaming out his own fhamc, wicnefle his Anfwer, a wandringftar, wandring
from one opinion and Religion to another? and laftly, whether he be not a
Scparatift and fenfual pcrfon, without rhefpirit of love, meekntflc, humility,
z?al for Gods truth, ind of a found minde : Tn one word, I do not think theres
any man in the Kingdom hath a more heretical head and heart then Crncr.fis^
and unleffe God give him repen ance and recover him out of thofc fnares
wherein he walks, [ fear if the man lives but one ftven years, he will prove as
arch an Hererick, and as dangerou- a man as England ever bred, and that he
will be another David George, Franek^n, Socintu, and be canon-zed for a Saint
amongft thofe of Aftt*j}er, Raecenia, &c.
J2£tft. But it miy be demanded by fome, What's the matter, and what ire
the caufes that fuch venomous rancorous Books as Mr. (}oodvrir,s Crerenfis,&c.
are printed, and fo many hard fpeeches in City and Countny daily utcered
againft Mafter Edtoards and his lace Book intituled Gangr£na, is ir noc
a Book full of Lyes, nothing but Lyes? is it nor a Boekfullof vi-nom ani
F * malice
A further Difcovtry of the Errors
malice againft the Saints and faithful Servants of God, calling for fire and
fword sgairft the Saints ?
//*7r. Tis a Book full of truth, as will appear in the Replyes I give to the
particular exceptions made agai; ft it, and have in part cleared already, and a
Bookof fo much truth, that Ibelieve no Book written this hundred years,
having fo much varie:y and particularity in it, will be found to have more :
and for the proof of the truth, and reality of the Errors, &c. contained in it'
I hive exprdTcd my felf at large (as forefeeing the Sectaries would call ic a
Book of Lyes) in my Gangr&na^ g, 5, 6, j, 8. and as 'ds not a Book oiLye?,
fo neither of biiternefle, nor of fpeaking evil of the Saints, but a Book free
from railing, evil fpeaking agairft the Saints and Servants of God, which at
large in twelve feveral particulars in my full Reply coming after this Book I
(hew : But no judicious Chriftian need wonder at it that the Sectaries gene
rally give out fo, for they have nothing elfe left to fay for themfdves, and to
help their defperate caufe, fo much difcovered and wounded as 'ds by G*n*
gr&na ; and what do they do in this cafe, bu: as the Jefuits and Papifts did by
Mr. Foxes Book of Martyr?, give cut it was a Book of Lyes, and writ Books
to difprove fome matters of fact, taking advantage from fome miftakcs in cir-
cunifhnces about names, places and fuch like, to cry it down j and yet ail the
Proteftanrs know it was full ot truths and is ofprtcbus tfteem in the Church
of God. Juft fo do the Sectaries now by my Book ; and many of them, thac
they might poflTeiTe the peof le the more againft it, and make that imputation,
That '/» full of Lyes, gain credit with the people, have invented many Lyes
and Stories , which they formally tell up and down the Ciry and Countrey
for certain (and I can produce feveral witnefles to prove thi?, namely Mini-
fters and others , who have come to me and to o:hers to know the truth of
them J as that fome of the Independent Miniftcrs have been with me, Mr. £.
Mr. B. and have convinced me of fome Lyes in my Book, as that fame of the
Souldicrs out of the Army, have been with me abouc theftoryof Mr. An-
*/rf\V.r,and proved it falfe to me, as that one whom \ name in*r<y Book and
fpcakof, as having fome relation from the mans own mouth, coming to me
about it, I confeflfed I knew him not, nor never faw him beforev with fome
other fuch ; all which are mecr lyes and fictions of the Sectaries, (fo wicked
and cunning are they in their generation to uphold their tottering Babel] to
prejudice Chriftians from reading and confidcring my Book. But good
Reader, however falfhood and {landeringof men, is pretended the great
caiife of fpeaking fo againft me and my Book ; the true caufe of all the hatred
is,becaufe there is fo much truth in it : Many men who anfwer nothing to it,
and others who have appeared in writing t© difprove the truth, know them-
felves and others tooguilry, and that in other paffjges where they are not
named,
tnct Praffifes of the Seff tries. 3 7
named, and know that I know and can prove ir, and that vexes them to the
heart; but were it indeed (as many ot themagair.ft their eonfciences give
out) a Book of Lyes they would noc be fo mad at ir, but I fhould before this
time a day by fomeof my good Friends the Sectaries have heard of them after
ano her manner, and ig another place then yet I have done: But in iword,
I apprehend thefe three following Reafons , as primipal caufes both in Cre~
tenfts and others, of their appearing zgairft me in fo much wrath, fury and
rage.
i. A Via! is poured out upon the Sun, the g'ory of their prime men is dark-
red, both by the Anttpologj and £*«£>*«*, they who made (hemfelves as the
Sun in the Firmament ol theCnurch, are found, by thefe Books, not only to
be as the Moon full of fpots, tubjccl ro like weakntfie as other men, but to
be in the Ecclipfc, fuller of blots then others; yea, their Sun is turned into
darkntftb, and their Moon mro blood,ind they who would have been thought
to have been the only Saints, nay Angels dropt from Heaven with new Golpel,
new Light, and new Revelations, do evidently appear (by- what I have writ
ten) to all men who have not facrificed rhe principles of their ingenuity upon
the gainful fervice ot the * Independent Faction,
to be ftrange kinde of Saints, if Sainrs. The * That is proverbially cal-
btft of them appear to be fpots in the profeflion kdd* thriving fide and way,
of Religion; but for many among them, who vet Pffi<;cs • Mo™y«> Honors,
are cried np to the Heavens, they haw corrupted ^'ifS"1* "' 8
thtmfehts, their fpot i* not the fpot ef bis children :
tltj are a pcrverfe and crooked generation. Now they being men proud, high-
minded, impatient of any check and contradiction in their way, who thought
alone to have had the repute among the people for fanftity, holintfTf, and to
have been Idolized by them, and the contrary being fo clearly dcmonftrated
by many particular inftances and proofs given in my Books, no wonder that
they are fo mad, and rage agiinl* me, and finding their Kingdom full of dark-
nefle, that they gnaw their tongues for pain.
i. By my Books efpecially Ganqrtn*^ many Sectaries being fo difcovered
by name, and places of abode, laid open in feveral of their opinions and ways,
will not be able for the future to dofo much hurt and mifchief among the
people ; their Sheeps skins are by this pull'd over the Wolves ears , and many
wiii now (hun and be afraid of them, who before knew them not ; and this
difappointment of infedttng and corrupting others, vexes and mads them to
the heart.
3. Their way and defign muft needs fuflkr much by this laft Book in the
efteemof all the Churches, and all the godly perfons who are unprejudiced
yea, and of all fair ingenuous men, who before (many a' feaft not knowing
the
3 8 A further Difc'tivery of the Errors
the depths of Satan ) might chink well of them ; whereas now many of them
upon reading my Book, .have lifted up their hands and bieft themieives, to
think whackinde of Creatures thcfe Sectaries are, faying, Ij Independents
and Anabafitifts be fueh k^ndeof men, do fuch things as this'Soo^ fieVes, g^d
kecpta from being fuch ; Vec h*d fome good cfinien of their '-VPj, but if they
be fuck Merchant syand have fitch trick* and frayes at ^r.Edwards Uyes do^n}
V?e \\ilibe none of tkent. ;
Cr'etenfis defign, next unto that of rendring my Book and all I relate in it
to be faife and untrue, is this ; The afperfing me and my Antapolagy and Gan-
gr&na with fuch wcaknefle and want of all learning, as if I underftood neither
Latin nor Englifli, nor knew not how to fpeakor write Reafon, common
fenfe, or ro frame the ftructure of a period according the common Rules of
Grammar, but were a profound Ignoramus, and fo altogether unfit to take
upon me the confutation of Errors; and thisheinfifb upon infeveral Pages
of his Pamphlet or Anfwer, Cretenf. p. 10,23, 24,36.
Hepfy. Now in this, what doth Cretenfis elfe but play the Jefuit and Ar-
minian, in ftead of folid Anfwers, thus to flight, vilifie me and my Books, that
being juft the way they took againft fuch Books as were too hard for them,
and knew not how to Anfwer, as Dr. T>J/?J Books againft Arminians, &c.
but whatfoever Crctenfa in his rage cafts upon me and my Writings, my
Books will fpeak for me and themielves in the gates; having the tcitimony
of many learned and godly men both of this and other Churches, at home,
and beyond the Seas ; and could I wichout bluQiing and'all fufpitien of praif-
ingmy felf, relate the pafltges in Letrers, meffages fent me, fpeeches by word
of mouth from great Divines, both at home and frora abroad, concerning my
Antayology and Ga»gr£nat and that not only oi particular men apart , but of
many in a body both in City and Countrey , as a common joynt ad:, befides
expreflions thit have fain from fome Independents, and Independent:^ con
cerning me, my ftudies in the Concrcvt'rfies of the Church way, and fome of
my Books (as a fpecchof Mr. Tkomtu Goodwin Ipoken to a MinifteroneMr.
T. and others tht'n prefsnr upon occafion ct feme Independents fiigiiting me,
and my firfi Book, as Cretenjls doth here; yea, pafiages our of fome of Mr,
John (jovdteins Anfwers to Mr. 'Prynne, concerning me and my Antapologj^)
it would be a full confutation of all Cretenfis hath faid againft me in this mat
ter ; yea, a clear conviction that ail words of this kinde , are noihing elfe but
rhe venting of his fpleen and psfllon againft me and my Bocks : But all I will
fvyby way of Anfwer to Cretenfis reproaches of this nature , i«, i. The
quick file thefe Books had, being bought up by learned and judicious men of
all ranks, the hft Book Ga*gr<t*a being now in the Prefife the third time
within lefte then two Monechs, unto which adding the greatnefle of the
Book,
Book, confifting of fo many fhseo, ui;ri the not being expofed to fale by fee-
ting up Titles in all places ot t'ae dry, a: Church doors, Exchange, &t. like
Wine that needs no Bufli (chough all ways under Heaven were ufed by the
Seftjries to blift ir,) tsan tvtdem Argument 'tis not fuch a weak nefifenfe
piece as Cretcnfiti peaks of; for iivtbefe tirres>when*he Prefle is fothrcrnged
withfuch variety of Bbokr, $nd. many txcelient pieces co/ne forth, more then
men can read, judicious underfhndmg men have fomtbing rife co do wich
their money and time, rhen to buy and read Books full of .nonfenfc, contra
dictions, and whofe Authors kyoVc »« /?o\v to r angt their Parts of fpeech in a
fentence, nor hoty to put ike %fyMH&Mtivf Caff ar.A Verb together regularly in
Enyl.fl}. *. I willlie-re pjvc theiletdo- a true Copy of a Letter to a tin If,
fentmefrom £ glit and rwer.ty Miniftcrs out of ®ne County in this King
dom, whofe joync judgement upon my ssfntaptlvqy and Granyratta, may
ferve with every indifferent Reader to ballance, yea, to weigh down
Cretfvfts.
To our TZgverend Friend Mr. Thomas Edwards
Minifter of the GotycL
i -• A . j j . I . . * -.: .
SIR, ,r[, ;,
V\ 7EE cannot but acknowledge the great fervice you have done for
V the Church of God, by intcrpofingyour felt againil the growing
Schifms and Hcrefies of thefe times : And upon conference had thereof at our
wetkly meetings here, we have thought it our part to contribute fome what to
yout incoutagemen'jby teftifyinghow grt at acceptance your labors find arnoH'g
us; who give thanks to God for yon and your zeal to .his truth, \cxprtflcd
not only inyourufual Sermon?, but etpccially in your Jlntapology and Gan-
$r&*a, by which you are well known to us all; and wcearneOly defire that
you will continue the fame endeavors for the maintenance of the truth, and
oppofing of Errors. And as we are very fenfible of the great difcourage-
ments you arc like to meet withal, fo we (hall the more heartily commend
you, »nd the fucceffe of your labors to Gods protection and blefling, refting
March I a. 1 64 5» Tour loving 'Brethren fin
Ubonrcrt in the Mini/lcry
Urtfo this Letter the hands of twenty eight Minifters are Subfcribed ; but I
forbear the Printing of then, as I do the County where they live, to avoid
all
A further Diftovcry of the Errors
all danger which might come to any of them from priming their Names, if
lorne Sectaries in the Army come than way, as they are likely to do.
Now in my Reply to particulars laid down in Cretenfis , I fluli apply my
felf chiefly to juftifie and make good thofe Relations in Gangr<tnay excepted
againft by Cretcvjis , referving other things in his Anfwcr to ray fuller Re
ply, which Cretenjts (God willing) (hail be fure of, and that to the full.
Cretenf.pag. 2. labours by all hisRhetorick and many words to infinuate
to the Reader, how in writing of my Book Gangrana, I have faidail, and
the worft I can of the Independents and Sedaries,& that whiift I charge ihem
only With fuch and fuch crimes, I do not fomuch charge them with rhefe, as
acquit and discharge them from aft others, and that there's no reafenable wan
hut Vcill abate anddedtttt, and that to a good proportion front fuck reckonings and
accounts, &c. much lefts Will he judge fitch accounts fbort or defective in parti"
culan ; and that Mr. Edwards hath hut faintly informed the VcorldhoVy vile
and bad the Sectaries arey hut hath ']ttftified and acquitted them from all other
crimes and imputations ofanj Veorje refentment or import, then thofe therewith he
afflifled them, and c on fe quern ly hath reprefentedthemto the Vcor/d, as better And
far more deferving^ then far the greateft part of hit oVen Presbyterian Gene
ration.
T^f//. However, Mr. Sdtoards , or the Printer for him, may poffibly in
fome places of his Book print none of the trueft Englifli, yet lam fure Cre-
tenfis in this Page fpeaks none of the beft fenfe nor Realon that ever I read
in my life, but every line and fenrence is fo {light and weak, that a man may
look through and through it ; and the truth of it is, Cretcnfis all along hath
a multitndc of bom-baited, ftarched words, priding himfelf therein , but fel-
dom or never in alt his anfwers hath he any thing elfe ; witnefTe his Anfwers
to Mr. Walker, Mr. T>rynnet and this prefem Pafifage: And fiift for that
which frctcnfu fpeaks here, the man makes good what he faith pag. 50. that
he never read one quarter of my Book, and chat he rook things upon truir,
as obferved by others ; for certainly had he read my Book over, he could
never have writ thuc, that in charging the Sectaries with thefe, / acquit them
from all others crimes and imputations, and that I ka-ve reprefented them to the
tyorld, a better and far more deserving generation, then the far greateft part of
the Presbyterians.
i. Becaufe in divers pages of Ganor&na I exprtfly declare I have many
more to hy to their charge, ftiling this Book but a prseludium and preparative
to what's behinde ; doth a man who accufes a guihy petfon at firft but with
two or three Articles, and yet formally declares he hath many more,and npon
every Article pleads his liberty and power of Additional, juftifie and acquit
him from all others ? 2. Had
And Pratttfes of the Se&aries. 4 1
2. Had Cretenfis but read over my Book, and considered what E-rrors*
Pradifes, BlalpnccHies I fpeak of, to what a nature fome of them amount, and
of wnara kinde they arc, that there can hardly be worfe, he would never
have fud 1 had dealt buc fam:ly wtch the Sectaries, and tltat the Setfarifs tocre
a better <wd jar mire faffrvijtg generation then the Presbyterians ; for if the
fargreatc&pirtot Presuycemns be worie (or fo bad) either for Doctrines,
Prsj&fet,^. as I have, proved mtny or the Sectaries to be, then I rauft pro-
feife J willdif.:him, and be the firft cha. (hall cfy outol them, and will never
go about to plead tor them as Cretcwji* dot* for his Sectaries. But fuppofmg
I had not declared my minde in this cafe, yet all that Cresenfis faith is in-con-
fcquenc wi-hout *11 ftrengih of rcafon ; tor therebt and are refcrves when not
thought of, and wife men always in all matters, of accufitions and reckonings
will fear there's more bchuide, and fufpect fomthing wo iff, though not de
clared atfhft; and I would ask Crettnfis y whether either in impeachments,
or reckonings and accoums brought in to Courts of Juftice agairft fuch and
fuch men, though aifirft but part of the Accufation beallcagcd, whether the
accufcdcan be fecure, they are juftificd wirh an high hand from all other,
crimes and imputations of any worfe rcfeatment or import; andwhcnoncis
impleaded and endi&ed upon the la tcr, this be a good pica in Law, co fay
he is free becaufe they were not mentioned at fiift ; much Itfle then will ic
hold in cafc> where there was a formal Declaration and caution emred,that
fut h Articles were but a preparatory and not the whole matter.
Crrte*fts fag. g. makes two Challenges, c^ftmg his Glove the firft and fe-
• cond time tu me ; firft as to matter of Pradife, look of what crimes or mif»
' carriages fotver I have with any truth impeached the Stftiries , he will
« produce both as many for number, foul (vea far more foul) tor nature per-
'pccratedand donebya far leUl namber of Presbyterians; yea and rhat he
1 will give another manner of account or [he realuy and truch of whaihe
' bringi upon the Stage in this kinde. Secondly, for matter of opinton, that he
« will discover and finde out as man/ Errors and Hertfies, and thofe of every
' whi' as dangerous an Import, to bear this day in a tar kfle number of the
Cbflique party; yea thir he could make a diftovery of as many Errors and
'Hertfies in me alone; and vhat he doth nor think the moft Orthodox Pres-
« by ter.an under heaven, nor Independent neither, erres much beneath the like
'number of Errors.
R'flj. I accept thtfe Challenges, and do take up the Glove both the firft
and fecond time, rrchiilenging and defying Cretenbs to make them good -
and by theft ungodly Challenges made by him our Of his great care and love
o* Errors, to ftrengthen the hands of Hcreticks. leaft they fooofd1 feffer
loife, were he f«fe of G*wtt , and his Glove John of Gaunt* Gantlet, I
G would.
42 o^ further Difeoveryof the Errors
would take it up, And firft of all Reply to Crettnfis , the man fpeaks he
knows not what. Crettnfis not having read one quarter of my Book, as him-
fclf profdles, knows not what crimes or mifcarnages, Herefies and Blafphe-
miesj with the way of making them good, I charge the Sectaries with : and
yet he will at random, and blindefold undertake to findc as many in a far
leffe number of my Chfliqu-r Profcljtes and parry. O what will not this
man fay, foit may make for the Independent parry: Surely he will ftartle
atnorhing who d*res fpcak thus : Can you produce as many Blafphernies a-
gainft Chrift , the Scripui es, &c. and finde as many horrid Opinions in
Presbyterians as I hive proved tobcin Sectaries? where will youfindea-
mong the Presb) temns,fuch as Hich Brighter, Web, CUrksony Marfial, Ni
chols, Deri) OttSy Cretenf. cum mulcts alii* ; As for the condition Cretenf. pro-
poundsjiipon w..ich he will make good his undertaking, and our at: which he
hopes to cfcape, to fi/ve his lying, [ do for my own pare accept it, and am rea
dy freely and candidly to declare my minde and judgement in all points of
Religion, and fhall perfwade others alfo to do the like : But of this more in
my full Reply, where I lhail fhew the fall icy and Chifr oiCrttenfts in thi«;only
for the prefent the Reader may obferve he puts in thefe conditions, that fo he
may provide a Sanctuary for all kinde of Hereticks and erroneous perfons, a
a place of retreat for himfclf one way or orher to come off thefe Challenge?,
which in the plain open field h? forefiw he could never do.
Crettnps page 6. among other his Artifices and devices to weaken the cre
dit of the truth of thofe matters laid down in gangr<e»azf>zin& the Secta
rian party, labors to pcflefle the Reader, 'That forfavingof my own re-
' pute, and to prevent, as much as might be, the thorough examination of the
'greateft part of what (?*«£?•*» ^reprefents by way of difparagement to the
' Independent party , I printed fomany Letters without the names of their
'Authors; and upon this Cretenjis goes on vaporing and forging in his He
retical brain, certain Reafons of my concealing the names of trie Authors of
the Letters, and in fum, would render me to the Reader, a man to be fufpeded
of jugling and forgery, and the Letters to be void of all truth.
Reply. As for that fallacy of Cretenfts, whereby he labors to delude the
Reader, infmuating that the Letters contain the greateft part of what Gun-
jrnewareprefents by way of difparagement to the Independent party, and
thofe Letters being without names, the names were concealed on purpofefor
fear of examination of the truth of the Letters, and fo the Letters containing
the greateft part of difparagement againft the Sectaries, the Sectaries areas
it-were at once cleared from whtt GAvgr&nn faith againft them ; I fay only
thas-,ThatCr^«/;j isa man of thatimpudence and large confcience, that he
will fay any thing, fo it may make for the Sectaries,ind agiinftthe Presbyteri
ans \
And Pratf/Jes of the Siftarits. 43
ans; for the Letters are not neither in number of (beets the tenth part o
Gup***, neither contain they the tenth part of the Difcovery of theEr
rors, Herefies, Praft fes, &c. befide, forae things in the Letters are of ano
ther nature, and to one of the Letters is annexed a Confutation of the mat
ter contained in it, confifting of two whole leives of thofe few (beets, with
in a tew lines.
2. As for that of jugling and forgery which Cretenfis would put upon me,
the man meafures me by himfelf and his party, becaufe that he and tome of
his party are ufed to juggle, and poflibly forge Letters and News, invent and
give out many things which never were; have with the Jefuits their fix
s to advance their Catholike caufe, therefore he thinks to of me ; but I
blcffe God I am a plain man, hatting equivocations, mental refervations.plots,
underminings of men, playing under-board,carrying things in thedonds; 1
count hontfty the beft policy, and faithful plain dealing the greateft wifdom,
and the Independents will hndeitfo in the end, however tor awhile they
profper by their fhufling tricks devices, policies, as Stra ford, Canterbury, and
others did before them.
3. To come to the main charge of concealing the names of thofe who writ
me Letters, and all the inferences drawn from thence ; 1 anfwer, 1 have al
ready given fome Reafons for it, and do adde thefe unto them ; moft of the
men who writ the Letters, writ them not for that end to be printed, knew not
of, nor imagined no fuch matter, neither did I acquaint them with it, and
forme without their leave obtained to print their Names to the world, I
could not do ir, keeping anviolated the rules of friendihip, befides I well un-
derftood that were a way to cur oft correfpondency and Intelligence for the
future, if I faould prim mens Names publikdy to the world, writing in a pri
vate way to me : Of all the Letters written to me, there were two only which
I exprtflfcd to the Authors I would print them, and acquainted them with my
purpofe, whofe Names notwithftanding (excepting ihc two fi ft Letters fub-
fcribed) I concealed with the reft for company .- But now that I may over
throw Cretenfit Proportion, and his Inferences, his Foundation, and his Su-
perftruihires, I (hall name moft of them who writ the Letters to me ando-
thers, as aifo from whofe hands I received thofe Leucrs which were printed
by me, though not written to me. Tin fiift Letter was written me from Mr.
Strong, a Member of the AlTembly of Divines, who after he had told me by
word of mouth the concents of this Letter, promifed to fend it me in a Let
ter, ind I acquainted him then what ufe it was for, and he fiid he would juftifie
what he writ, and named others in whofe prcfeEce MafUr Denne miin-
tained thefe Points. The fecand Letter was written from Muler Simon
Ford, to a Member of the Aflcmbly Mafter Gofers, from whofe hand^ I
G 2 re-
44 -A farther Difievery of the Errors
received it,and sold Mr. Gftoers I ftiould print it, to which he was willing.amf
lince Gfingr&iA was printed, the Author writes to me about his Letter, ' That
' he will enlarge and confirm the particulars in tbtt Letter, and fend it to me.
The third Leaer w*< one Mafte r fofiah RicrAfts, who owns ic, and hach been
with me fince Cretenfis came forth, and to my knowledge is drawing up an
Anfwer to Cretenfis, for To much as concerns that Letter. The fourth Lerrcr.
was written by a Weaver in Samerfet/birt, one Crab (if I miftake not the
natne)and I received kfrem M.RoftVp*/ a Ci-y Mimfter well known;uho will
own it, and raake ir good 'us fuch a man? : And thus I have given an account
of the Copies of all trK1 who!-- Letters printed by rne -.Now for the Exrra^t of
certain Letters written r.o rn>: &fame other Mirtifters/er (tvcn of them, which
are the £rea eil parr of rh^fe £xcr*(-led Letters, namely all r-hofe which con
cern Ctkhfftcr and Mr.£.^, os feme others there (of which Lerters Mr.JE1//^
himfelf wrires ihus t»a tuend in London • The affrerfions caft on me, axdfonte
others here hy Mr. Edward*, are as falfe <u foul ; Which faccaafe they are a
gretst part- of ki*r3ook^and (trench ^ t hofe Vfba are here concerned ink, ft iff, if
Gad p leafs, JJjo^tly make ''Reply ^ Cretenfis p. 44.) he who writ them fs not afr^/d
of hfs natB;? , neither was his name "concealed for fear of anExaminatfonof
the trurh of the Letters, ts Cretenfis by reading this Letter lately fent tome
from him may understand, which 1 here prim to a tittk.
To my 'Rgverend and worthy Friend Mr< .Thomas
Edwards Mlnlfler of the Word of Cod.
Reverend Sir,
THere is a paflage inW.]ok»Gdodtoi*s Book, charging you with abn-
fing Mr. £Uit of Cokktfter, and the Saints in thofe parts, and chut he will
{hortly make Reply to yoiufalfe and foul afperfions. Thefc are therefore to
cerfifie you, that concerning thofe Letters I writ unto you from Colchcfter, I
have them atteftcd under the hands of many furficient witnefles, each parti
cular that is material being averred by three witneffes at leaft, and thofe of
piety and judgement ; which atreftations Ifoallkeep by me to produce them
upon fir occafions to juftifie thofe Letters to the world. Yec it is poflible
he wiii Reply to thofe [hingsas faifeand foul, or come cff with diftinclions
and mental refer vations ; butthefe things are fo evident in this Town, and
much more then I writ unto you (as his Preaching for the pulling down of
our Cfeurches,and other things that I can pro?e)tharhis Pamphlet will do him
tto goad m this place .For it will not be the firlt lime that he hach fad & u laid
chc lime things here, denying and difiembling bis opinions for advantage, as
will be tcftifiedbymany wi.nefTs, by fome of the Honorable Members of
the Houfe of Commons, Miniftcrs, and others, godly and judicious Chrrfti-
ans,- This I thought good to fignstis for the prefcnr, recommending you ro
the grace of God, I rtft
Year affectionate friend and fellow la-
April 1646. four in the Gofpci Rob. Httrmtr.
Now by all chi- the Reader may fee what to judgrof Cm**/?/, and his falfe
glciies anJ commentaries upon me Letters Printed irt t^rr*** . and had I
Crtttnfi, ruling icorfing Rnerorick which hemake* ufe of in this feftion,and
i flirt my o her pi ice? of his Book, 1 might fpirt out whole leaves in aggravati
on > and (coring up of lye«,tnl fufmifing»,Sitcer words feoff, and jeers expref-
kd by Cretetfu upon occafion of the Printed Letters ; hue I forbear to con-
rend uirhhmitn rhis kind ; crurh needs nt>t fuch colors, though errors does
to fcr n? oft.Th^ bare re! itiort of chefe things is a fulfidcm ctf rfiiiraciort of Cre*
twfitj and if the prinu-d Letters of which Crete*/is, Maflcr FMis, yea and Ma-
ftcrJ^^^makffL«.-h*cryofforgerie,fairitte, dire a6tde the light, and
theirAuthors are ready to jtiibfiethernsthe judicious Reader by this may both
judge of the rruth of other thing* contained in C^r^iird of the follr and
vamtv of the reft of Ctncnfis allegKions agiirft my Book.
As for the cxrrafl? of four or five Letters, whofeAuthors names I have not yet
mentioned,ther's no one particular matter of fja,orrelition of (lories cicept-
edagjinftanyofthem; the other Letters whofe Authors I have named are
the foul offv-nfive Letters, and therefore Ifhall fpare their names till the truth
ol the fatfs relared in them be queftioncd by Cretenfis in a Rejoynder • only
for prefent I tflfcrt, I have the original Letters by me under the hands of the
ters to produce, and further I make no qucftion, if the evils fpoken a-
gainft in thofe Letters might be remedied, and the proof ceofured according
the nature of their offences, buttheMinilters who writ them would be ready
to c ome up and own them in the fight of the fun, and prove a great deal more
then they have wntren.And for aconcluftonof my Reply to rhis eight Seft.of
Ovr^.had &***$* and his followers bu: a little Presbyterian fai:h(which
Sectaries fofc^ft aty andingenniry, our of all the particulars which I have
nakedly and'clearly laid down, they would believe that all the Letters from
nrtt to Jtfft wefe neither forged, nor names conceal'J , for fear of the cximi-
natjon of the truth, nor becaufe my nante fhould be the greater,*nd rife better
by being only known, but be aftamed of all that's written in this Section, e-
fyfcially confidering Mafter ?**>*?& hath bronght ill the names of the Wri
ters
A further Difcovery of the Errors
ters, challenged fiomout of the land of darkncffe, into the land of light, and
given fuchrtufon (as he hath) for the former concealing of them.
Cretcnfis page 1 1. makes two challenge*, cafting the Glove to whofoever
* will take it up -y and his firft challenge is, that for thirty of thofe opinions im-
1 peachedjin »;y Catalogue of error a d herefie fard he will not fay for how
1 many more) he wilt undertake to bring them off with the honor of truth.
' Secondiy3for that error, viz*. That Faith in a proper fenfe « imputed to fufti-
s fixation, and not Ckrifts Itjgbteoitfneffe ; he challenges all the Presbyterians
' one after another, affembled, or not aflcmbled in England, Scotland and Ire-
' land to prove by Scriptures, or by dint of Argument either, That Faith u net
1 imputed in a. proper fenfe.
Reply. The man from challenging me, page third , rifes in his conf-
dence to challenge all the world (as it the man had leaimng and parts to deal
with any man under heaven) but Cretenfis reeded not to have gone fo far, I
fcallfinde him near hand thofe who will deal with him without going in-'
to France, Scotland and Ireland • for the firft of thefe, I take up his Glove a-
gain,and give him his liberty to name twenty and ten of thofe opinions,and as
many nore of them as he will, and do promife to enter into the L'ft with him,
that he fhall not prove them to be truths, and I expect he fliould make good
his challenge out of hand, at leaft to fet out in his Rejoynder to my Reply,
which of the 1 80. Errors he will take theTutoridge and Patronage of; And
for the fecond, Mafter Rohorough (whom Cretcnfis feoffs at pag. 2 6. by the
name of Servant and Clerk^} takes up his Glove, and defire me in my Reply
1 to fignific thns much unto him: For that jeer of Mafter Robor. holding his
*peace when Mafter Gataker hath fpoken, his playing on fervantand Mafter,
c Juftice of Peace and Clerk, Msftcr Robor. pafleth it by, as he hath much bad
'language from him in his Vindication of Mafter Walker-, only he faith ftich
' gibing and jeering coft him nought j Its faid it runs in the blood, that he had
( it by tradition, from which i: feems he is not yet redeemed for all hisfin-
1 gular profcfllon ; Mafter Roborough will not deal with him in that for (boe-
* buck\&,CretenJjs (hall have the preheminence ; yet doth he rnodeftly defire
1 an Anfwer to his Animad-verfeons on M. Goodwins Book, and is ready to
1 make his writing good,againft fretenfis and his compliees in further writing,
1 or by a difpute when and where Cm*»/?.f plcaferh. This the man proftfleth
' who is meant in that jeer, the Servant or Clerkjhzt muft hold hi? peace.
And as M. Roborough gave me the precedent words in writing, under his
hand ; fo he added by word of mouth, that he challenges Cretenfis to difpute
this point, about Faith being imputed in a proper fenfe, where, when, before
whom, and how he will, leaving him to nominate his own time, place, com
pany, manner of difpnte, either by writing or byword of mouth j by Scri
ptures
and PracJtfcs of the Se&arics.
pcuresor by dint of argumenr, in a|! which Crctettfis hiving this liberty, and
fo the advantage of him; yec "M^Roborough will meet wi:h him and difyute it as
Cretenjis hath itired the queftion, and that bifore all the Independents J$em-
bledor not t/tfttmbledi and M-fter Roborottgh much wonders frettnfis fhould
thus vapor, and in this poinc challenge all the Presbyterians one after another
Aftembledor not Affembledin En^Und, Scotland, France and helandt when as
Ivhfter Roborou^h, who is bur a Scribe of that AiTemDlv, (of which Cretenjis
would fain have been a Member, & as 'tis thought by wife men, his great pride
working upon difcontcnc in m fling of that honor, was one of the greiteft tc-
cjfions of his falling ro Independency) profeflcs that upon * conference. & dif-
pute with him, he found him weak, nor able to hold his ground, and in a word,
a very forry Difputant ; and Mjftcr Roborou^h crTcrs in that Controverfie a-
bau: the Imputati-jn <?/ Faith to Jnftific*tio», wherein Crcicnjis boafts he is fo
verfcd as to chaleng^ ail men, (u Cretenjis dart give him a meeting) to mani-
ftft as much to all the world in the fight of the Sunjand for a conclufion of my
Reply to thefe two Brav.idoes of Cretenftfyl defire the Reader toobfervc whit
an impudent Bnggidocio trm mm is,tom-ke new clullcnge?, when as yet he
had\ not yet accented of old.bu: lies miferably wounded bo.h by his own pen,
and fcveral others, not having yet arfvvered feveral Books written againfl
him, nor a Book he promifed above 12 moneth ago to anfwer, and there
fore my advife to Crettr./is is. firft to anfwer thefe following Books, vt\. that
of a Qazre upon the Covenant, and a Letter from J. Q. to 7". G. Matter Ro-
boro*ihs Book of Juftification written agairft him, MafLr Lmnts a yong Mer
chant againft thar Hrror of T^atural men may do fuck thine s M thereunto Cjod
hath by Vvty of prom<-f( annexed grtce tnd acceptation, &-c. Dr. Stewart againft
Ai. S. this Reply to Cretenftf,ti\d a larger Reply already in the Prefle againft
Creter.fis and my tsfntayjlogie, and after he hath anfvvcrtd all thefe from point
to point, as becomes a Scholar with reafon and words cf loberntfle, and not
withraitngs, ScerT?,fix<: footed word?, then to make his new challenges, and
defend 50. Errors, a^d as many more as he will (laid down in my Cara-
logne)and among other?,for old acquaintance fake,t!^at cf Imputation ofF^ith.
CrcTcn(isp<i™ 15. prom:fes an Anfwer tothe Antapol<>giefa's\\ be with me
ere long ; and that he may abtife mr, he abufes the Scripture, playing upon
thuof Amos 5. 1 8. refemblinghis Anfwer to my Amapolo^ietoihc day of the
Lord, the judgement of the 70. yeers captivity, me to the fons of 'Belial $ his
foretelling long ago of an Anfwer, as to the Prophets pn dictions of judge
ment.^ chat the Anfwer to M.Sdtoardt Axtapol.will not be for his honor, &c.
Reply, Belike Ifhall have a terrible thundring Anfwer from Cretcr,fist
when as it (hall be to me as the day of the fore judgement of the 70. yean
captivity to the fons of Belial, who derided the predictions of the Prophets, y.
day
48 A further Difcovcry of the Errors
day of darkneffe .and not of light: I know not well what the man me.aos
by thi;; whether he intend not ("concluding by that rime his Anfwer corne« a-
broad to my Ant^olo^ie the Cavaliers will be quite fubdued) to rry
by his intmft it he cannot procure feme part of the Army call'd by Cre.
tenfis and his Difciples, the Saints, the honefl men^ &c. to carry me inro capti
vity, and to imprifon me all my time in a Dungeon, where I fhall not fee the
Son, nor be able to make ne Replies, nor never write agamft cne Sectaries any
more ; this I confeffe were like ro prove as bad to me as the 7o.ycers caprivi y
to the Jew-, to be a day of darkneffe indeed; but as for any paper wri.ing,in
Anfwer by Rt^fons and words to be fo to me like the 70. yeen, captivity and
a day of daikneflej cannot imagine .• I had thought Cretenfis Anfwers would
have been rather a day of new light to the world and to me, then a day of
darkntifr, ef^ecially confidering what Cretenfis faith pag.iti. of light and
truth : 1 am fomewhat doubtful and fufpidous of Cretenfis threatnings, be-
caufe of the ill ufage of fome Mmifters by fome Seuldiers, and of many
words given out daily by too many of Cretcnfis Saints in our Armies, agairft
the Presbyterian Orthodox Mmifters: I cannot well tell what other con-
firuction to make of Cretenfis words, they are very doubtful and dangerous
words; What an Anfwer, to be as che fore judgement of the 70. yeers captivi
ty agait'ft the fons of Se/ia/y and to be darkntffe and not light? I have read
£ heard of fuch Anfwers in matters of difference between great men,who in.
(lead of an Anfwer in vvriting,or with an Anfwer in writing have fentarArrry
of ten or twenty thoufand men; andlmuft tcilthe Reader what increafes
my fears, I cannot well tell how it firft came into my head, but I have had a
ftrong opinion this 18. moneths, andexpreffedit to divers, that my Antaya-
logie would never be anfwered till the Independents hid got that power one
way or other as to caft me into prifbn.to friz on all my papers and writings by
which I fhould make good my proof, and then they would bring forth an
Anfwer to my An-tapoiogie : Now confidering how far and how high in many
things the Independents have proceeded, and Crnenfn threading me with
fuch a kind of Anfwer, I am apt to interpret him thus ; and "fuly were it not
that there is a Noble General, and the greattft part of the Army by farre, as
I haveexprefrd ofcen,free from Cmtw/^way, and that I live in a good ftrong
City neer the KighCourc of Parliament, and by the Honourable Court of
Common-Councel,! fhould expect and be afraid that his threatnirg might be
fulfilled before ever his Reply to Attufologia would be ready to come a-
broad : But whereas Cretenfis faith, that he^verily beletves his Anfwer to
my Antapologie will not be for my honour, in which refpeftl have no great
ground to be fo reftleffe and importunate in calling for it; I Reply, the
(I am fure ) was for the honour of the canfe I undertook, aud
tnrned
And Prttfifts of the Se&artes.
turned to my honor both ac home and abroad, and made not for the honor of
the Apologias and Independent party; neither do I believe Cretenjit Reply
to my e/fntapology will make more for his honor, then this brief Anfwer of
his to (JA»gr<tna; And hewever for the prefcnt Cretenfis Reply when it eomes
firft forth, by his railing?, revilings, feoffs and lyes put upon me, may not make
tor my honor j yet by that time my Rejoynder can be made and printed, ic
fiiali appear to all the world, that the whole bufinefle, both Aptlogetieal 2^ar-
ration, tsfntapology, Cretenfis Reply, and my Rejoynder, will make for the
honor of the Presbyterian caule, and of my felf, as a poor Inftrumcnt plead
ing for itagainft theZanzuminsof the time, and to the difinononr both of the
Apologifts and their great Champion Cretcitps.
Cretenfis in this 1 5 page makes an Apology ,and gives his Reafons why MK1
Edwards Antapology is not anfwcred info long a time as 18. Moneth?, name
ly, That the Independents are not men toko have little or nothing to do like 'Pres
byterians, having the priviledge of eafe to 'Pre+ch to bare Vvalls andpefts in their
meeting places, nor that (hamelefnefte of forehead to make the fttbjeft matter of
their Sermons little elfe bttt loofey lying, and frivolotu reports and ftories, or vi
rulent invettives againfl the Saints a* the 'Presbyterians • neither ftv« the Vcay
free and open to bring light into the Vn>rld,bnt hedged up \vitb Clergy, Clafftquc
Connects as "frith thorns againft them : And be fides, Mr. Edwards too^nat much
jefle then 18. Moncths time for his Antapology , and therefore no Bonder if the
Independents be not men of more expedition.
Reply. Cretenfis plays the Sophifter here, making ufe of that fallacy nen
caufa procaufet, giving the falfe caufe of not Replying, and concealing the
true; and that allthefe arefilfe, is evident : I. Becaufe Cretenfis hath had
leafure to have attended the motions of my pen, and hathfince the 18 moneths
given an account to the world more then once, twice, thrice, and had leafure
now, thepriviledge of eafe/omskean Anfwer ro Gangrtna^^. co.iid he not
with the labour of all thefe have Replyed to Antapalogy ? It Qiould feem for
all the weakntflfc, contradictions, and fuch like, which Cretenfis fpcaks of An-
tapologyy 'cis a hard piece that Cretenfis can write and print five ftvcral Book?,
have time enough from his conftant andftanding labors frith tho/e frhohave
committed t hemfehes to him in*he Lord, before he finfile time to Reply to An-
tapolovy : Befides, Cretenfis had five great Champions the Apologifts to afiift
him in it, fome of which will be found to have or to take more privilcdge of
eafe, and fcldom Preaching then the Presbyterians ufe to rake, and fome of
them have had leafure to Print other things fince, wherein not fo much con
cerned ; asalfo Cretenfu hath a priviledge of eafe and idlencfle when he
pleafes to help himfelf ( which none of the Presby reruns have) viz,, to ap
point fome of his Prophets in his Church to Preach for him, which he frc-
H ^ml
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Nj o A further Difcovery of ihc Errors
qucctly pradifes upon all occafions, as I can prove, andhath uponpretence
of ariwering my Anthology. 2. borne Independents have that fhamelefcutTe
of forche;d,io make the iubj: ft matter of their Sermons little clfe but loofe,
lying, fnvoloin reports i? nd fronts, or virulent invectives againft the Saints,
£'c. as Mr. Teeters, the Vicar General and Aletropoliiane of the Independents,
fat bin 2\/lV ar.d Old England ; and I wonder how Cretenfis forgot him:
Name any Presbyterian, who i* of any account in the Church of God, fuch
a kofr rambling Preacher as he : And for i;is invectives againft ••. he Saints, 'us
one of his common places in many of his Sermons to fpeak agsinft the Re
formed Churches, theiUvcTvnd Aflf.nibly, and the godly Presbyterian Mini
fters of the Kingdom, who are no", only Saints, but godly Minifters: But
Mr. Peters is not alone, for Crstenfis h mfclr is a loofe Preacher, and full of
bitter invectives in his Serrayns againft becter Sain s and Servants of God,
then ever himfelf, or any oi his Church is like robe ("the particular p:-flfig<s-
tvhith he hath ufed in Sermon', I will give the Reader in my full Reply) and
foMr. 'Archer d Haujifdis farnon , or rarher infamous for ibi$,cttm,muhi&.
aliut whom in my large Reply I may adde to rhefe : As for the third Reafor,
tkeV?aj (loft againft Printing for Want of a Licenfcr, I have already refu ed,
and (hall fpeak more to it in my next Reply : And for the fourth Reafon
brought by Cretenftst to Apologize for not Replying in 1 8 Moneths, \is both
for matter and form all falfe,k a man would wosder that Cretenf. fhould dare
to write fo ("though indeed nothing of this kinde is a wonder in Cretenfis).
Ow*/w,howcanyouanfwerit to God, to your Church, and to all men, to
write fuch a manifeft untruth ? That I took not much ItiTe then eighteen Uo-
neths in making the Anthology, when as the Apologetical Narration (I am
fure of it) came forth in the Moncth of TJecembsr, and to my beft remem
brance towards the later end of it, and my &4nt*fologj was printed and a-
broad either the hit week of June following, or the full o(Jaly, which at the
fartheft was not full fevcn Moneths, and is far from eighteen Moneths : As for
that infinuation of Crstcnfis joyned to the eighteen Moneths, the advantage of
liberty, an& freedom from othtr ir.g&gemer.ts Khich Afr.Edwards had above other
men, 'tis a falfe one ; for from that rime 1 began to Anfwer Apeloget* Narrati
on, till it came forth, I never had lerTe liberty or freedom in my life, nor
more bufineffes and engagements of feveral forts in reference to the Pu. like,
Preaching in that time of writing ray Book very often, three times a week*
conftantly, and many times four, befides the tedious Journeys between L^n-
d«n and Godalming, riding to Preach there; together with all the difficulties
and fears of many Alarums from the Enemy, &c. in that time. But before J
draw to a conclufion of this, I deftre the Reader to obferve what a proud
tK0gintfpee.chthiiis.0f Cnt&pstQ esccil himfelf and his party, with the
and Prafttfes of the. Sftfarics. 5 I
contempt and (corn of the Presbyterian?, // Independent Minifters
the privi/edge ofcxfc to preach to the bare VcaHs (tftdptfts in their meetingpUces :
Now for this in my large Reply I will acquaint the Reader what pnviledges
Independent Ministers and Independent Ssints have and take above the Prcs-
byrerianf,ar.d what their priviledge of cafe and idlcnefie is above the Pres
byterians, asalfofhew the true Reafons»why the world wanders after the
Bc&ft, many of rhe Independents are fo flockt afcer before Presbyterians ; as
alfoby what a fort of pccpl-j, and what little caufe Cretenfts and his Saints
have to glory and boaft ot ic^and when I have fpokento that at large,! believe
I fhjll be out of Crettnfis debt for thtfe words.
Only for prefcnt I fhull tell Cretenfis thefe three thing?, i. That there
are Presbyterian Mir.ifters who Preach no more to bare walls and pews then
Cretenfis and the Independent Minifters, Mr. MAT^A^ Mr. trhitak<r, Mr.
Calwj, Mr. Sedgtoifkji cum milti* aJ\u, bo:h in City and Countrey. 2. There
are many Independent Min fters who have Preached latt lv, and do fo ftill as
much to bare walls and pews as any Presbyterians, wirncfle Mr. TSurton, Mr.
Davis, Mr. Freal^, Mr. Effu, Mr. Furman, &c. 3. Presbyterians do not ufc
however Independents may (is Crttenfis in his fpeech implyes) to have ever
the more priviledge of eafe by Preaching to a few rather then to many, by
Preaching to a hundred two or three, or Preaching to a :houfand or two, for
they Preach out of Conftierce and difchargecf duty, to do good to the fouls
of men, and not for applaufe ro pleafe a multitude, and therefore tis all one
to them whether there be fewer or more, one hundred or many ; bu: this is
exprcrted according to the Independent humor, who have their Sermons of
fevcral fort?, thofe of greater pains and ftudy when their peas and walls are
full, and their Sermons of eafe when their pews are empty , and their walls
bare. Now ro put a period to this fourteen Stftion, vsuh an Animadveifion
upon that p-ffige of Cretenjis mpa?. 16. his conflant and flar.ding labors Vfitb
thofe V-bo have committed thcmfefofs to him in the Lord. I ask of C*-etfK/is
where he fmdes thisufedof a people to commit thc-rr-fclves un:o the Mini-
fters ; we are commanded to commit our way to the Lord, and to commit cur
fouls ro him, and of God 'tis oft ufed ; but in what pljce is it of people to
Minifters, and then thofe who have committed themlelvestoyou ; why d'd
you not fay ro the Church ra:her? what i$ Cretenfis brcome the'church?
And hftly, why was it not as well cxprefled, Thofe to Vchom ] have committed
mj felf unto in the Lord? for I believe upon better confederation, ic wiliU1
found, that Cretenfis hath as much committed himfelf tc his people, as they ro
him ; for they Preach snd rule as well as frftenfis j and bd'evt u;on Esami-
ration (theChurch will be found to Preach oftner then Cretfnps, for Jl \ :S
cor.ft^ncand ftanding hbor=) and his yong Prophets to cxcrcife upon t!< >
52 A further F>tfcovery of the Errors
vmk ard Lord' day, and he bound to heir and obey them as well as
they Urn: Andno^vir Hoti? the Cobler were alive again, Cretcvfis and he
would have no more Difputation and difference about humane iearnirgnc-
ctlTiiy to the Imerprecing of Scriptures, and Preaching of the Word, Iceiag
fietenfis allows ic now in his Church Members far inferior to HoiV, and Cre
te* ft s would crave pardon of him for abuling him, fo as he did upon that Con-
troverlic ; and fcr a recompence unto him, Mr. Ho'ft Ihould be preferred to
be Teacher in Crttfyjis Chorth ; Mr. Cretenfis the P aft or, and Mr. How the
Teacher; for belike humane learning is not now necefDry to the Preaching
ef the Word ; and fure we (hall one d^y have a Book of Cretenfis llecr*dta-
tipns and ContefllonSj and might have had u before this time, but that Cre-
tf.nfts knows not how his mindemay change again, and what New Light he
may yet have, and fo he will ftjy till he dye?, t;iat we may have it altogether,
and without any mere change.
Cretetffis Sett. 15* /?<*£. ij i8,ip. vvirh, a great many of flourtfhing words
and a bold face, labors co pcffcffe the Reader, That in my Ant apology IK&
Ganar<t»a I have done nothing clfe almoit but labored wirh might and main
to call for fire from H* 11 to deftroy the Saints , to inflame the powers of this
world with hatred and bloodintiu-of fpirit again/I the Sons and Daughters
of God, and to importune the Civil Magistrate to pour out themfclves in
wrath and indignation agair ft them, charging me with a bloody Negotiation in
writing (7rfw£r<<w<i, inveterate netTe and Drjgon-likcntfle of fpirk, and how
diametrally oppofi:e in the caufe and courfes I take againft Seduries, I am to
Chrift, Pattl, Attftin, £afoin and Luther.
Reply. Cretenfis goes upon a fa'fe foundation, fupppfing all thofe to be
Saints, the Sons and Daughters of God, whom 1 fpcak againft in Gangr&»a,
which is ftark falfe, and of which I (hall give in my large Reply a fatishrtory
account to the world of that nvftake. ; for however they are Grettnfa Saints,
they are none of C^lods Saints, and (he man erres, not knowing the Scriptures;
they may well go for Saints in Cretcnfis Kalender, but never in my Creed,
neither go they for Saints in Mr. ThomM Goodwins
* Mr.Tbmat Goodwins Ser- iare * Sermon before the Houfe of Commons, but
»on call'd Thcgmt Intcreft arc there b!otted out by h,m.
,f. SMC $yp^*'tt'.V 2, What ever I fpeak in both my Books upon
any man think I am & pie&mng . • x--i » / -n. -
for a. Liberty of *U Ofinionsjf this point to the Civil Magiltrare, is no other but
vebat nature, &v.d how grafts fo- what the Scripture clearly holds otic -t and though
ever, I humbly dcfire them to \ have ^OQQ jc w{th affedion and zeal, yet not
remember (but I only fiud for
Siiir.ts j and I anfwQr plainly, The Saints need it not. The Apoftle tells us there nrc damn.
sble HcreficSj fo i T«. i-iji- a«^ they will foon unfaint them. So that I fpeaking againft
the eroded Errors, and men holding fuch,in bLTbo'.Cjoodxins judgement I fpeak agamil thofe
•who are nc Saints, bur. arc perfons contradiftinguiihed and oppofed to Saints. with
, And Praffifes of the Setter it's. 5 3
\vith bicterr.eife nor bioodLufTe, and 1 am conliaenc ch^c C'retsr.pi nur
sll his compeers cannoi in all ihur reading ihcw me two Book* of any
Divine who proves lo much, and fo foul things as] do in my Antapology
and G(tN^<ettat written with more moderation, fairneile, and wiih Idle
bkterndk ; ai.d ice £>«<•»/?* in his n.x. Book inftance in any bloody b.t-
ter paffjiges, alwa) es provided, he wrcit no: words nor leave out no part of
fentenccs.
3. The Sectaries trem<'e!ves and Crcttvfis too will one day confcfle
Mafter Ed-bards mopp*/(ing Errors, Hen/ie.*, difcoven- g rhem, and ftir-
ring up the Mag ft.-atc* to :hcir duty, was their good tiiend, a merciful
man, one who uu'h wp-h tc^r a-d companion would haV^ faved them cu; ot
the fire; and] uoiilda«-k Crrienjif, whether are they more merciful, cen-
d'.r, that will noc lee luil.- Children, (iik peifons, madmen do what they
will, go where they ple-tie, cat whac ihey l>it , or they who ufeal! go^d
n;eins to hinder ih'.ni, andp ovide wholfotne food and medicines for them-
yea , I am of the mindc , bttoiea yeer comts ubouc the Magiftrarcs and
Kingdom will fay Mjltcr E-.itearas , and thole men who either by vVriting
cr Preaching fpck. mull againft trie Error*, Hcrnics, Scr.ifms oi the time',
and Toleration, and Itirud u* up to hinder and iupprclle their growth
were molt mercit^l bo h to ^he fouK arai bodies of men, and to the
Kingdoms , and f:r fiom bloodmtlTe, bitterncfle, or inveteraceneflV.
4. Whofoevrr dorh DJC well read the Sinp;ures, and obferve what
quick fharp palfiges are there recorded to have come from the mouth
of Chrift and his Apoftles againft iirrors , Herdies , and falle Teachers ,
yea, fharper and more fpoken againft falfe Dodrines and falfe Teachers!
then againft bad manners, (as lor inftance, Mntt^e\\-j. 15. g*Uti**si.
8, p. and 5. 10, 12. 2 Peter 2. i, 2) ^. 2 John 9. 10,11. the whole Epiftle
of lude, Revelation 2. 14, 15,20, 12,23. ^-h a hundred other fuch ;
will never blame me for biccetneiTe, bloodindTe , invereratenefle, &c.
furioufntfli ard over eagerncfTe in my oppofmg Errors and falfe Teach
ers , who according to my poor meifurc hive endeavoured in oppo-
fing Errors, to follow the.Example of Chrift and his Apoftles , rhough
I have fallen far fhort of my diuy in this kinde , not improving my
time and Talents , but wanting in that Zeal, Counge, Diligence, re-
quince to this work: (And however Cretcnfrs and his Compeers think
lh.»vc over-done) yet I have great csufc to be deeply humbled for do
ing no more, and to hie me into n,y S:udy,and cry^ifercrc weiDomine-.
BJ: redraw to a conclufion,! (hali in tins cafe Anflver Crctcnfr and all
tnc Scdaiies who accufe me, and cry our of my ea;erne(fc and over
doing, as Luther did Erafmus, chirging him for t-jo" much vetiL'mency.
'But
54 -A farther Difcovery of the Errors
But that I htve dealt in tkit canfe mart
1 covfffie It A faulty if it be a, f>ix/t • yea I do Vfon-
derf ufty re]ojce this teftimor.y to be ^iven ta me in the
World in the CAufe of God : ^4n^ O that God hinj-
felf Would confirm this tefiimony in the la ft day, ^'no
thcnjkouldbe happier then Luther, ftho u commend
ed by fuch a teftimonj of the a^e ht lived in, that
he did not handle the canfc of truth flothftiily attddc-
ctitfally, but vehfmently eMou^h.or rather too much?
Then fhotild I happily efcsfe that of Jerern. Curfed
be he that doth the work, &c.
And FrA&ifu of tke Sectaries .
from Lyn*f, (a puce well Known to Cnte*fis) concerning one John/on a
SevTtKV a-.d • Cannoneer, who d.ftoutfipg concerning P;esbytemns
'and independents, laid ihic i'\csb) teruu s would hive their gu:s geared
'out; and being anfwtred tint the Presbyteml government was ordc.cd
•by bo:h Hjucsof I'aiiumcn", and inathebe-
/ . r i J IKS lent up to a Parliament
« ing mine kma-o^u not 10 talk aguni maB) anaarnue Copy of this
1 them, he aiif.v«;.d lor all ihr, they ihjiila Have gjVvnmcby a Member of the
' their gu's goifcd out : NOA uiis ^nd more will Afllmbly.
be a vet rod u,>on ojih, and U huicnb.d by iour
nnd«, JoknFce^ Rbitn Cttt'ord TkoruM.gZu, Richtrd RebivfoH. J/.irc/.y.
645. I h^ f conj is oi my i'.If old un o me bxh by a g->^lv M miller, ^nd b/
Gen'.U-m n of Worth and honvih', who *veic far wuntffjs; nanitly, that
that \ was piry 1 was no: handed tor an <. x mp!e for in: kuig rny lalt iJook,
and tha'. it were a good deed I were knotkt on theluaJ. Atriirdisot an-
oiher Minifter, a Pres-byterun, an aftive man, fo.r.e Independents in the hear
ing of ar&irnfter (who relates n.) fiid they hoped t.rc Ijng to fee him in
Lollards "fo'.vcr : The Uft \ (h\ll inftante in, isapiifa^e ou: of a Lettei fcnc
from Dovsr fujfcribed by rive nands , concerning an hidcpendent there, one
Milter Afa,rc*/,\ hit in his txpou.idmgrhe Scriptures, witi» much vehemency
cries out to th-: people agai-uit our prefenc Miniite«y, jottr 'Prirjlst your dam
ned Priffts, jour curbed I'rit/h, &c. Now fretfrtfts
I challenge you in ail my blood) r,t attritions agtirft This Letter was written to
the Seftarics (as you phrafe it) toQio.v in any of a ^c"lbcr, °/ rThe Airembly'
ff n. ' • and the whole Letter printed
my Books any fuch paflige againft the Sectaries wbMim t-ollows afcalwarJi.
as thefe are, or any lo bituer as 1 can pro -luce out
of yours and other of your Sainrs Book=,is ^Arraignment of cpcrf(cution.&ct
Cr'tcxjtsin Sed. 18. and 19. laves down four things !• Tr a: in the 7 .
Error cf this Cata'iouge 1 intended to arraign his opinion concerning the
imputation of Faith, an.j »o*~ Imputation of C'trifts righteoftfttfjfe inluflifi-
catio". 2. That I do falfly and forg:ngly reprefent the opinion by fathering
that mungrel exprcflion TO credere upon ir, and which is no where ufed by
him throughout the Controverfie. 3. Thac I charge him to quote Cahi»t
Bur*tr, & aliirm others for his opinion in the point off*ftiJlcatioHtwhott\ yet I
affir;nto beproftlkdly of another judgement in the Doctrine of Jufttfication^
which hedeclires to be falfe,ind then quotes fome plices cu of Calvin^ Bti-
r^r,for the juftifying of himfelf, ancl difproving my former AlKgition. 4. He
recriminites, afperfe?, and jeers at roe, that in my going about to net, He the
miftakesofo'.hers, and being the great Ariftarchus of the Errors, and Here.
fies of the times, have my fclf vented Atheological and putid affertions in the
point of fu/lijicAtioatis in Cjan^rtna p.t£r,22.in the margin, and that if Calvin
and
5 6 A fttrt hfr D/fcovgry of the Errors
and Sneer be not tor him, but I (hall liana ilill to deny it, he mutlproftHe
ingenuoully that he knows no reulon biu to judge me unc.pable of chc Englifii
Icnle ot a Latin fctuentc •, and that if 1 deny Calvin, B»cer, and orhcrs whom
he quotes to be ot ihe lame judgement with him in the point c>f Iuftific*tioxt
then 1 either (hew my (elf to be a very illiterate mansand not able to conftrue
a peece ot plain Lidn. or clfe charge CWt/m, Buccr, and the reft, with bang
ot a judgement as contnry to thtmfelves as to him , and then quoting
Calvin, (peaks tome, If I can conftrue Lari», to confcftc in Englijl, Whether
Calvin be of a differing judgement from him in the point of Ittftification.
£7/7. Tis a lign Crctcnfis hath a guil y conftience, that upon the naming
of an Error abouc iK/ificttint, without the leaft rtflcfting upon him in any
kind, hcihould take it fo to himfelr, as to fay I meant him particularly ;
there are divers other Seftjries bdides Crete*/h who hold this Error, whom
I might aime at, and did intend as well as Mailer Goodwin. Secondly I have
neither falily nor torgingly reprefented the opinion in »fing that ezprcflion of
TO credere, though J (hould grant that to be true, (which yet I do not ) that
Cretcnfis hath never in Sermons, Deputations nor Books written by him ex-
prdled himfelf after this manner, i. Bccaufe there being orher Sectaries
btfides Crcte»fis holding ihe fame opinion, if they have ufed ^credere in
D.tcourfes , and defended it, that's enough to juftifie me. 2 In Crete*fis
Books of juftihca ion, 'cis more then once affirmed in rrrw»»wthat Ftitki*
A prefer fenfa is imputed to )»ftification, andttot Ckrifts rigbteoitfaefe imputed,
and now indeed he (ayes aid unlaies, ihutfies and cut5, teems telay the fame
with other Divines, and then prelentlv rheconrary, 1 fhall lliow (God
willingj at Urge in mv full Reply. 3. To credere ufed by me infetting down
this Error, cannot be j.iftly termed a reprefentmg the opinion faltcly and for-
gingly, it being ufed commonly bv all D vines that handle this opinion, both
by the Orthodox who writ againft ir, ar.d thofe who are for it: Armixitu
holding this opinion, uftd this cxpnilion as learned GomarM in a Confe
rence held with* drminiiu , proved from Armi*
A^ r.iw own hand writing, wherein he maintained
SrwM. Ndtioiul, Pordr. .• • .,./• .D , _, . . ,
that in mans juittncatton before God, thcrighte-
oufnefTv of Chrift not to be imputed to juft hcation.btit faith it felf,orT«fr^rr
by the gracious acceptance of God to be thit righteoufntfle of ours by
which we are juftificd before God ; yea,and * Mr.
IVonon himfdf fretem/is Mailer fpeaks fo, buc
^M.«»«7J-*7<. «hen we fay faith juftifies, we underftand ipfcm
eredfrt, -n 'xtviunr; 3. lor that charge againit Cretexfis of quoting £afoint
Bucer, and and otners for him, when thry are known cxprofcfto to be of an-
oihci judgement, ,tis mod true and jtsft, and a man would wonder at the
impudency
**<{ Profit fes of ike Seftaries. 5 7
nnpudcncy of Crftenftt ?o deny ir, and to quote Calvin and Bucertgtin as
hed«esj and before I have done with Cretenfis r. (hall appear that I will
make good the charge agairft him, and yet neither fhow my fclf a very
illiterate man, notable to conlkrue a pcece of plain Latin, nor yet charge
Calvin, Luther, and the reft with being of a judgement contrary tothetn-
falvcs, but difcover him to be an impadent caviller and falftfier of Authors.
As for thofc very places quoted by him out of Ca/vi*, they prove not the
thing he quote* them for, and therefore did wifely forbear to cnglifh them :
He wretchedly and mifcrably wrefts them, asthiton Galath. 3.6'. where
Cahin both in the words going before the words quoted by Cretenfitt and
afterwards at large, fhowes he takes faith not in a proper fcnft, but in i
Relative, refpec'fcng the object ; and to fatijfi- the Reader, I will quote
Calvins words upon that place next itnrnediitly following the fentcncc
quoted by him out of (,'alvin. Ergo \tiftificari fide dicimur, non quit fides
kubitum aut qua lit at em in not transfnndat : ftd qttia dco acccpti (umta. Cur
autemfidei tribuitMr ta*tru honor ^nt votetur caufa JM/liti£ Hoftrtyrirno fciendum
eft e(ff ctttfam inftrHmentalem vtniitaxat ; *am frotric loejuendot }Hftitix
nvftr* nihit t/iud eft ejutm grAtuitA fDsi accept iojn qua fundat* eft noftra fall**:
Sf d cjtiia, cDomi*H4 tfftintoniunt A mnru n«bh tworuffti &• gratiat per Ev^nge-
l\tt»n reddendo, iltatn qtttm dixi juffitiam nobii communicat : utcofide Oiam
pfveipimtu. ErH* quant fidei tribvimtu hominif }»{Hficationcntnon df caufa
principal^ diftutamtu ; fed t ant urn nvtamtit modum quo ftrveniunt homi»ef ad
vertm jttftitiam. Jufttti* tnint h<e c me rum eft Dei donttvt, non qu .t litas <]((<*
in bominilim h*reat> fed fide tantttm poffidetur^ nrejxeid mer'no fidei tit fit qxn-
fidebita merca: ftd quit fidt recipimtu quot *Deut vitro donat. I forbear
te Fnglifh this puff -ge letvingh 'o Crctenfa to bave a proof of him whether
|»e will not b^as falfe in his rranflitiofls 25 in hi? quotations ; So thofe words
<A Calvi* on ROTH. 4 3. v . € make nothing a: all ro prove the Imputation of
Tairh and the non- Imputation of Chrift< nghtcoufncfle, bu: even upon thofe
verf'/s Calvin cxpreflts feveral pafl"iges to the contrary, as they who turn to
theplacej may fee: And for Bucer Mr.PT^rcwhimfdfac knowledges he was of
another judgement, fpeaking thus of him, Vt'wn I perfictAemj fclf tohave
been tht Author of tku opinion of Imputation ;
feefide* JKt formed Divines generally, nor only Wotton. dc Rccwc-ptrt. T..I.
twoor three, but all are a^ainft rhisopinionof ' ^-'4- •§J?w» c& dcimfu-
the Imputation of faith, and non.Impu:a'ion of "","
Chrift* rightwufntfle, ?nd for proof of this the
Reader may perufe Mr.Rff^rtm^hs examination of Cretoifn Trcarifl1 of Jufli-
fication, firfl part page 9, 10. where he fliowcsthat all our Divines arc
Igiinft Faith in a proper ftnff, Luther^ Calvin, Bucer, 'Parent,
5 8 A fun her D/fftverj of the Errors
) &:. (however Armimtu and2?*m«/ were for it) unto which
it never to this day made any Reply (chough be vapors and brags
thus of his opinion of Imput Alien ef F/itth') So alfo the Preface to the
Charches, fe: before the Ads of the Synod of Don fhowes the fame by
Coma-rut particuhr'y irftancmg in, and convincing Arrninitu of his Heto-
rodoxncs from holding of this opinion, that in juftificatien the righteoufnefic
of Chrft was not impured, buibdeeving: And now confidering all thi«,
and much more that hath been faid and written to Crttfx/tj, I cannot buc
wondtrr he fhould be fuch an impudent Cretenfu as to bring thefe places out
of Calvin, Evcer, Parcujy and can give no other reafon of ir, butthatof
P<i*/to Titus CosCirningHcrericksf^xf f^rw** /»«/»»/&**, being condemned
nf kimfetfi and for this Error, and many more which Cretenfis holds (not-
wirhft.nding all his pallisting and daubing) I hold them fo grea"-, and the
differences in opinions between him and 1 to be of fuch moment, that as
Gpr/tarutiold ArmmiKs, he disrft not appear before the judgement feat of
Chr ft wirh hi» opinions, fo neither would i with Crttenfv opinions, nor his
wayes of managing thtra for a thoufand worlds : As for Creienfis charging
me wirh venting Errors in the point of juftification, whilfll was reckon-
iog up the Errors of o'htrs, I Reply, Cretenfu takes advantage from a word
cr two kft our by the Printer in the margin of my Book, which was not the
fault of my Copy, as lam ready to fatisHe any man, and to mzkeit appear
undeniable, befidts in the fccond imprtfliDn of my Book ( which came forth
full fourteen dayes before Cretcnfij AnAver) the miftake was amended $
however the fenfe of ths word before it was amended cafily fhewed where
the fault wa*, though Cretenfis aggravate U fo high, as ro make it amount to
Atheological and putid actions. Bot in one word to flop the mourhof
Crrtenfo, whit I iay of Juftification in rhe margin of p*fe 22. tis verbarim
10 atirtleinthenew Annotations on the Bible, made by the joynt i/j>ours of
terrain learned Diviners appointed thereunto by Authority, and whatever
in th? fTfft .mpreffio was rr.ifiaken in thatparticalar by the fault of the Printer,
was fn thefecond long before Cretenfis Animadverfions amended by me, f»
r hat the Pleader may olf^rve that Crttenfa for want of matter findesfiult
where the fault is co'.fefT^d to hi? rnnd ; and had I any hope Crctenfif cotHd
cnderftand Latin wh;n i: .r.ik^s againft his opinion of rhe imputation of faitfa,
and \vould be convinced, I would turn him over to divers learned men to
fcngliih rheir Larine fcnrtncef, 25 Peter A4*rtyr, Lubbertvt, SibrAnd*s &c.
where the man (hoaid read o*her manner of evidence agairft non- imputation
d faitfi, and for imputation of Chrifts righreoufneffe, then ever he )et
j.ffjrcd in all hif fermons ard difcourfes about Juftification j bu: for a cone la-
Crctfxjif anfwer tne one qqeftion, why did you no: as well except a-
gair.ft
nicn» rimed ta r? Cinicsue. rtc. 54, J?>-is:^5-»
of tuca LQ i pfop<r kcu iiif aiid :o j .thrkadoa ; YOU vr«c as sacfe ca :
•ad pinkulii zed ta chcai is m :hs, usd t her ciii YOU Fi:her as w*,i is :•*$ -
bat I Uijpci'e ;ce revise »ou *e« no: T;C *-Jliog is pusl-coc :o owa r-^e
CklUrai, ird U> woalU riic co cocicc at :htr,:hccefi ! col jc co: rbok iri
o. her cairgi a;u down !.: BT &oo4 ( :hoc^h ^triJoacfoar BUK writKn u-?ca
; cnri^d toj. xr^i hi? c miUc TOU is i Bcir robbed ol her wbc'w, to
cue I >houid know (••ochbv voc.
r»«.V.r S7.<cft. 2 j.Uboort :o ckir hnnfdf fr«B i ?i9ie« I ckirsei hia
: he ih-old actcr in i Scnroa i»uoil the ?iriuaKnc^»i thor pc^cr,
or- t*»»^ • I: wis Bcc-JvB^ ci:e buc i tnicinat ind c!«r tnch, aad tbic wtirifc
4 a ^ pid^d chc trial o» Prtsby^rian H.t ic fcil^i w as c«m« fortfc ia foi
1 *tcnoa: lifeas :bc IcJi dam^c ot acraKDcbf it. tad ii tut luch
• 09 ci^i bf ic :o il^hc dx»r Auchoncy icd powtr, be kaowcs no wilde
• hive broke ia « ir, bn: t'oae P c«rsi>Trenaas ; in»l :h« «o«li oo icwnfus-
• lus DuUd :o i -jrcif h i-urd OK tor itniiog i; :he roocV PiribBncarr
' oiotvy uhl c>o«rcr,ocviull: that I rxadc ti2i; with ks cm:h (» kecak it)
iss (poking ibdu^rictiui if icd coateayi Aly of chc Piriaroes^
4 Crrr.^V, ifrtr fo hi^
.:^v . .-,-.,
b?
lc CMMBI:UL judged i:of f
ts toofnMcfor :h<tn co cccmnr . to chart: wi$ onierrd ro be
rcporced by the Ciiair-min to toe Hwfe it fejf. and MnUr *rvw*coldn«
••retoeno««>eWi$bT oniet ot rffcrComwrec to report k('diM* ST
BWT great bohaencrs ol the Kra*dom he was hiodred)oow I t'ir dtattfcer til
diis Crmfv tbould :n rbe »Tgh: ol the fas jufai: i: for a auniMI aad deas
crarh . aa4 %e ou: uron IK and ar Aboetton lor rtod^ fial: ni± htm, i
iicrai^e bight; cerattiy Crrrn^^, if what TOO had ltd had be« fucha
awmhcit aad dear truch, tis woafcr foch words ihoaid be fp«*?ii ia rk.
Coaowttee of if, aad the thing ordered co be re-
portd to Ae Houie i; icif, as co h?gh tor a Com- • MqUr Ptrns Tnaa Tri-
•ittee i aad that your words fpoken agairft :he "^pQ^ *«3 FxUhooii. r-'
«»ere aoc i maatfeii :rath j I rder ^« '*'i:c re*-"c* •***««« 5«fc
c? ^ mvr
yt.rABf-.cr co .
eord kepc by the Canute torPIwdrtd Miftfter?. ***,
Asforchcreifonyou iminatewhycltio whkh f '«««$
wis ottered b?yoo,wisaa<luiige]» but n»m^ji& i »
dear
6 o A fan hi r Discovery of the Errors
clear truth ,becaufe it hath pad d rhe trial of Presbyterian fire it (blf,& is come
fpr.'hin full waigiv, without fufeing the Icaft dammageor detriment of ir,
that is, upon. complaint and examination of it by a Committee of Parliament
you are come cfi] and not cenfured. I Reply, the Reader may obferve that
PresbytefUn fire is a cooler, fafcer, gentler fire then the Independent fire,
and that the presby teams are not fo hot crying for fire from heUto deftroy
Alt thofe \frho receive the Lord Cfoifi, cnlj becattfe their faces are not inftaxlj fet
to receive the Traditions sf their Difciflirtt and Dottrine ; for Crctenfts hath
palled the rrisl of Presbyterian fire it fclf, and is come ferthinfull waighc
without fufFering che leaft damage or detriment by it : I beleiveif cither I,
or any known cordial Presbyterian in SngUnd in ("peaking againft the Inde
pendent party, had faid fo much to the vilifying and contempt of the Parlia
ment as Crcienfts did, in fpeaking agair/ft Presbyterians, and we had come to
the trial of Independent fire it ielf, weftiauld never have come forth in
full waight without £ rfering the ieaft damage or detriment by it , but we
Ihould have carried to oi:r graves the fcorching and skars of that fire, if not
wholy confumed by it. 2. Though you were one of che firft., y et you arc not
alone, nor thelaft of thofe who by writing or fpeaking hwisg uttered
things agjinft the Parliament, and being queftioned by Committees have
pafted the trial of Presbyterian fire, and cor»e eft" too, witneffeyont brother
Lilburtt, and yet all they have faid and written, have not been rtianifcft and
clear truths: You who are Independents and Se<5hries have prrvikdges'in
miny things which poor Presbyterians have notj ydir'tiRve a privilfdgeto
iteal horfef, Cretenfis pag. 34 whereas 'ds a great fault in Presbyterians ro
look over the hedge ; you have a priviledge 10 fet up Churches and a Go
vernment of your own without leave, or waiting on the Parliament ; but
'cisagreat offence in the Presbyterians to Petition the Parliament inall hu
mility to fettle the Presbyterian Government, wit-neffe thofe many repro-
thes in fome printed news Books ( thofe penfioners of the Independent
party) as alfo the bitter preaching againft their Petitions by femelnd^petl-
dent Minifters, wirh the hard fpeechcs caftout againft them by the Indepen
dent party, You btlike have a priviledge to preach, prinr, fpeak any thing
againft Parliament, their Ordinances, Orders, Covenant, Members.* yea to
'T againft their Voces, Ordinances, and to pajfe-ths trial of Trcsbyter ian
fir« fas f ou terme it) and to come forth in fall Waigbt Withvtit f*ff&wg the
Itgft damage or detriment, whereas I »m perfwaded a great deal lefle preached
or printed by Presbyterians, would have been centered to be burnt by th^
han4,ot the eomrnon Hangman, and the men themfelves in danger of hang
ing.,
Thirdly, fictenfts, you have no fuch reafon toboaftfo of what you have
preachM;
And Prattifts of the Setf tries. 6 1
preacn'd, thai: tis arrisnifett and clear truth and rmh pafod the Presbyterian
fireitfelf, and rs come forth in Ml waight, &c. till you know what the
fenfe of the Houfeof Commons will be upon it ; when 'ds reported ro the
Houfe according to the order of the Committee, and the Houfe hath cleared
you, thenyoB mighr better have «fed thefc word* ; but Crrtev/is, though
yotifiy the bitrerntflj of charh is psft, all danger is over, you may be de
ceived, ejttot .i?frtt»r-no* a* fa t#r, the Honfe may he at more leafure and call
upon fnch ]ktn-.fe of :Hing<-, and uporii revtdw you may be made to know
what'tr, not only ro titghc and vil'fie a Parliament, optna gaptoatotal
contempt ot all^Meir Authority and power, bur when you have done fo,
then cpenly and ptjbfliki !y to j\ fl;-rie 'hat what yda have faid is 1 manifell 3nd
dear truth, frctenfii \ tell Vciti plirnlr, 1 would nd: for'all the Books in my
ftu'oV, the Inceperidtns coufd prove fuch wdr'dt fpok'Cn Sy rric agiinft the
power and dignky ot Pirfraittcrfr, hovv Jiijht account focvcr you make of
them.
Fourthly, the Reader may of ihi^clclrly fee what to judge of Crett»fu
'charging m : and mV bock with fj-ing fdrgcry &c. wheff aVtie is not afhamt'd
to tax meinthisplac^, fh'afrT' dot/fa hot ligfefy have attdfed any thing that
(truck more dan^erorlly at the very root of all Parliamentary Authority and
power, then to fay that Ctrteufn m fpelkirrg agairft the Parliament and
their puwer, opened a gap to lighting- df rtrttr1 ^tf-hority afed pawer ; what
attrmgeart artd faeulry hilh CrtrMj?r'te''6ilti\iKtfa #M;> An.fiort' for hrm,
thbtfgh they w?/c ag^;nft rfrnt; To^df rfra'^fht itrilfW iffij^fr; arid his Aoet-
WtS in pleadrn^fdr'rtie Pafliirfrrrt:a^.itlft^Cr^fX/fr, td'ftrike dangeroufl/at
the very roor df ail Pxrliamcfr^aty Authority andpoWer ? and th^t ritftMth-
ftsndingfotthc wwtjftf;^/^ fpake a'gamft the Parliament hf^ascdm.
pbincdof tdtheCommi Cee of Plundered Mirifte'Ts by undcfftandmg men
and co-refill f6 the Parljamenr, dnc! ttte mar.'tef'1;fo deeply refcrrted by the
Hsnonrabte Comtttirte'e, as J hw> alrdaidr' exJjfcrTM ; bur the truth of it is,
Crftenfi in all his wrjtlrtgs, both in poirrt'of opinions, and Wdrds that he
utters in defence of the rti,he will fry any rhinp as ffianifLftly contrary totfiitrr,
as to sffirftf black is white", and dirkneile Ifgfa; rielrher will he be beaten
owrof ir by a'fiy re-afon , but hid^himfclf, ahtf cfdnrfs things in a multitude
«f words, where an ordinary Reader lofes bimfdf as ih a wood.
Vifthff, 'tis ftWrt^^r^.fo-a dirfe fiy that you know rrohfc &«t P^res-
tttin atthe gjp'jtJu have rriride, do yon rior kno\V What
befidcs have younor reaif gkglwds $lnlxi$kt, Tht Or-
ifa»medfcMmT*vhua(M ?y>\\ i iiie^ed lead the way,and
was the fitftofaJrtne pretended ftiend'i'to-the Psrliamctr, ontofdifcbnt^ht
miflJriga place iff the Aumbry) who f^ake fo flightly and fcornfuiyof the
Parliament .
d further Difcovery of the Btrws
Parliament; buc many have followed you and broken in at ir, borh in Ser
mons,. Diftourfes, printed Books, efpeciaiiy when any thing the Parliament
wasabautdii'pleafed ihern : but as for the Presbyterians refpect*, duty, pa-
tienc waiting on the Piirliamenr, as 'tis already evident to many; fol doubc
not, buna due ttme it will be maniftfteu to all the world to their Honou-,
and the ihame of the Independent party j and I challenge you to inftance in
any one Presbyterian, who hach either abufed the whole Parliament-, or
/ingled cue many particular Members by name, as many of your Sectaries
have doae ; but of the difference in the carriage and behaviour of thfc
Presbyterians to the Parliamenr, and of the Sectaries to the Parliament, I
hive at large fa risiied rhc Reader in Gav^mna, page 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61.
all which Cntenfis takes no notice of,not giving the leaft anf\ver untoir, and
therefore Cretenfts before you vapour any more in this kinde, remember in
your rqoynder, to anfwer all I have faid agair.ft your party, in thofc p*ges
now mentioned.
Crettnfij Sect. 23. makes a great deal of do,fpending many leaves in ex-
•ufing himfelf, and fome of his Church for bowling on a day of publike
thankfgiving, *' telli ng the Reader it was in the evening, and in the company
" of Presbyierians, and but for about half an hour ; and he relates a ftory
*' of four Presbyterians fpending an afternoon upon a day of Thankfgiving
" in fiQiing ; and threatens that if I goon in telling tales of Independents,
"he or fome others will tell ftories of Presbyterian miftakes in the night,
"and of a Presbyterian Angel, who hath committed fomefonloftence, yea
"and thathehatnaManufcriptby him concerning Mafter Sfatrds himfelf,
"which difcovereth his jugling, and indirect walking between the two
"Towns of <7^4/w^inSnrry, and cDunmo^ in Efa; and that if there
c< be no remedy, it will be content to fubmit it felf to the Preffe, and there*
" fore concludes if I go on to lay open the Sectaries j I have devoted the
"names and reputation of all Presbyterians who arc oSnoxions to theuni-
"vcrfal abhorring both of tkc prcfcnt and future ages, and therefore faith it
"conctrns all Presbyterians in general , and the Doctorage of this way
" more particularly to heal the Gangrenof my pea, and roreftrain thefur-
*' ther fpreading of it, othcrwife their names and rep»tations are but fo
" many dead eorpfes.
Rcflj. I (hall referve many things I could anfwcr te this Section, till »f
full Reply, and for prefent fay thefe few things; Firft, Crttcnfo after two
whole leaves fpent, and a motntain of words caft up, confelfifes in the clofc
the thing I charged him with, that he played at bowls on aday of publiqnc
Thankfgiving, only he minces ,extennates, feides his fin all he nay, fpeaking
of it very tenderly, jlirrivg himfelf 4 little ty ctfting* £•*/, ht*k*»g h***-
f'*f
es of \htStft ATMS. 6$
felf for about ha, If an hour totheexfrcife- the fun being by th*t time either
eloVHt, or very neer it. Now thefe words of fretenfit, b.ings to my mind
thatanfwerof ssftro* to Mofes about the golden Calf; then I etft the gott
irttfthe fire, *nd there came out thu ctlf^ as if the Calf madeitfclf, and
came out without hands: So Cre te nfts call , a Bowl &f. How much mo.e
becomming a Chriftian, and a Mmifter of the Gofpd had it been, for Matter
Godtoi* to hare given glory to God, and to have fa id as fob , If I covered
my trAitfgreJJioMS M Adttn, bj hiding mine iniquity in my bofome ; but as Cre-
tenpt throughout his whole dtfcourfe,haf.h twenty & ten fetches abour, to pal-
iiat, excufc,ilite, make a mock of all the horrid Heretics, Blafphemief, and
Praftifesof all the St ft tries fpokcn of by me/odothhc theOme hereof hirn-
idi and fome of his Church. Now that the Reader may be undeceived, though
ihc ft[ft relation ot this bufines \vas told me accidentally as it was to another,
without inquiry or thought on my part (though thenfo fpoken, as by cir-
cumftances I concluded it to be true ; ) yet fincc Crettnfis Anfwer came forh
1 have enquired more particularly into it, and I have it upon good ground to
be after this manner; Cretenfts preached in the morning, bu: in the afternoon
was at no Sermon, not joyninghimfelf tofpend the latter part of the day with
any of thefociety of Gods people in Thankfgiving for fo great a victory ; but
in the afternoon went a walking with fomc of his Church, and after that to
Bowls, and inftead of Cretenfis about half A* hour, that he ftirred himjelf*
little by cafting a TSoftt ; he played at Bowls about two hours ,• and gave over
atfuchtime, (which therefore is not probable to be when the fun was gon
down, )that another company came and played after them. Now I could a-
nimadvert divers things upon this relation of Crttenfif^f \ve\\ as Cretenftshuh
f*/<31>33t34,5.5>t'«.l.that we may fee Independents hive iprivi/fdgeoft*fet
yea,and of piophancfle too,to fi: idle at home, or walk abroad totaketheit
pleasure, when the poor Presbyrerians are either preaching or praying, or
elfe joyning themfelves to the AflTemblic?, where preaching, prayer and o-
ther holy worfhips are performing; and if Cretenfis will pretend he was a
weary of his preaching in the forenoon, and fo fome what indifpofed to fur
ther labour that day ;I anfwer, this is ;uft Biihoplike, who when their Lord-
fhips had preached in a forenoon,they were fo weary they could no: fo much
as corns to Church that afternoon ; but Cretenfts, though you were fo weary
as vou could not preach, could you not have come, and given thanks for the
V.ftory ; nay, if thit had been too much trouble for your Lord Chip, bzcaufcof
your great wearinetfe and indifpofedn^fs after your great labors, to have gone
abroid to fome ofthe Presbyterians Churches ; could you not have gathered
your Church together in your houfe,appointed fome of your Prophets to have
exercfcd, and you only have fate by as at o'.her times , reding your weary
bones
64 4 further -Difiweryofihe Emrs
bone?. Truly -Gretcnji/'in my minde this & a very poor puto-fT, and forrv fhife.
2. Cretenfti for ail his wearinefle and indtlpofedneffe to further labour
of preaching, or hearing that day, yet was fo eager upon his fporrs that he
knew not how the time wen? away making a long half hour, reckoning half
an hour for twohoars ; bus Crett#(k might eafily tnsftake in this,, and I ihaii
excufe him, it bang-ufoal rof men in their fports to think dmefhprr, md to
judge they have not been an -hour when they have been playing two or three;
but I will fpare Cretenfis and animadvert no farther for .prefent, neither
on the ftory nor on his Aoimadverfions upon it.
Secondly, asforthar Cretenfis brings by way of excufe, fome Presbyte
rians played with him, &c. I Anfwer, it was their fault and (in, neither will
I go about to plead for B**l, nor palliate excufe things that are erii in Pres
byterians, as Cretenfis doth all kind of horrid Blafphemies and Herefies in
his Sectaries : however Cretenfis is never the leffe in fault bccaufe of com
pany; and indeed Cretenfis being a Minifter, (hould have given them (being
private Chriftians) better example3befides who kaows but Cr etenfis example
drew th,efe Presbyterians to it, and further 'tis likely thefe Presbyterians had
been in the afternoon at fome Presbyterian Church, offered up to God both
a morning and evening facrifice of thankfgiving, cime from home later then
fretsnfts and his Brethren, neither doth Cretenfis fay the Presbyterians came
forthwith him, but as heeds his own tale, he relates that after his walking
about a quarter of a mile (which might be a mile, as well as his half hours
bowling two hours) and after hte corning into the Gardeq, and ficting
about half an hour in an Arbour (which we may well reckon for an hour to)
came in fome of M 'after Sfrtoards judgement of Church-C^overnment; all
which being confidered; makes the matter not fo bad in the Prcbyterians as in
Cretenfis ,but fuppefing all this, y€t I will not excufe them.
Thirdly, as for that ftory of one of the Affembly with three more of
his corn or fub Presbyters, rather four Minifters in all (exprefTed by
Cretenfis all a long in afcoffing,yea in aprophane manner ; bringing in hea
ven and Gods providence to make up his jefts and jeers,) fpendmg a whole
afternoon upon a day of Thankfgiving in fithing, I greatly blame them, and
if there was any fuch thing, they have caufe to be aftiamed of it as well as you
for your bowling ; and it had been finer for them four Mmifters to have been
fifhing for the fouls of men, preaching fomcvvhcre untie afternoon, then a
catching of Roaches; and thus you fee Cretenfis I am impartial, not flike
the Independents) excufing all things in Presbyterians as they in Sectaries
though never fo vilde,and therefore your Proverb of Tresbyterians leaving a
privilcdge to fteat Horfes holds no; as you fee, for I am againft a Toleration
of them to look^ on. \
Fourth-
tnd PrAtfifts of the Se£?Anej . 6 5
_, i .,. i - _ . . . .-.__..
Fourthly, As for your threats of difcovering Presbyterian miftakes in the
nighr, and co leave the world to judge whether they be not worfe then Inde
pendents bowling on dayes, &c. and of the ftory of a Presbyterian Angel
whkh you will clap tomymcuth, and ftop it forever: I anfwer , do your
worlt, difcover what 'PreshjttrUn mi flakes in the niglx you can, aid tell
whit ftories you pleafe of i7Jres6jteri*n &4ngeltl fear you not, it will not
ftop my mouth : 1 bleffe God, he who Iftcpetb the feet of hu Saints, hath fo
prefervei me, that I care not what all the Sectaries under Heaven can fay a-
gainft me, I bldteGcd, I have whereof to rejoyee and glory before men
(though before God I know my manifold weakndfcs and tranfgreffions, aid
have nothing to glory in but the free mercy of God, and the righteoufnefie
of J«;fus ChriftJ and therefore €rttt»/is if you mean me, by mTftukes i* the
flight, *nd by Presbyterian Angil (is yonr words feeffl to insinuate, fpeaking
umo me, and the Reader may be apt to fake your meaning fo) fpeak out, do
your woift,! defieyou and all your company to -prove any fuch things, OH: but
the (ufpition of them ; fo/ 1 muft tell you Crctenjist I have ever fince I came
to be a Preacher of the Gofpel walked by that rule of the Apoftle, Providing
l.«ntft thingtyitct only in fight of the Lord, Irnt htke fight of men : And as tor
other Presbyterian Ministers, if any of them have walked loofely and fcanda-
lotfly, let them look to it, I will be no Patron for them, neither will I have
my mouth flopped from opening the Error?, Herefies, Pnc^fcs of the Secis*
ries,or laying open by name Itnpoftors and Seducers, r© grariffe the conceal
ment of fomthing foul in a Presbvrerian, let them bear the iluine of ic for all
me, and give Cod glory in conftffing; cn!y i would dcfire Cretenfit and the
Reader to obferve the difference bet ween my Difcourfc of Errors, Herefies,
and Practises in Sectaries, and Crr/^w/Fj-difiovery threarned.
1. Crtttuft Difcovery will be cur of revenge, malior, bccapfe the Errors
of the Sectaries a re laid open, and which othcrnifc he Jmplics (bouJdnoc
hive been difcovercd, and if I would ceafe byingo.cn the Errors of the
time?, thofe ftories fhould never have come to lighr ; bur now rriy Catalogue
wssandis purely out of confcicnce, not our of ill-vrif! to a-^ m^n, b'.u to
prcferve many from falling , and to recover others before they are gone
too far.
2. The Errors, Pradift's, wayes which I lay down throughout my Book,
are the very principles and wayes of the Sectaries as fiuh Sectaries, eirher
being their Opinion?, or flowing necefTaiilv from rhcrr,or are means made afc
of by them to incresfe their way, compare their dc{ign<, whcrr.s any pei-
fonal mifcarriages of the Prcfbyteria1-^ are fir from falliig under any fuch
confiderations ; butthefruics of the fU& and Saran raking advantage upon
them, oi which things they have no fruit, but arc athimed and have re^cntt d.
K
66 A further D/fcovtry of the Errors
"3. Thefe Errors and PradLfes in ths Sectaries are now found in them,
cleaving to them (ince, and no.t before they turn'd Sectaries, whereas thefe
mifcarrisgKS of the Presbyterians, are not now upoa them, nor never fincc
they were Presbyterians, bat may be many years before, when Epifcopal and
foolift.
4. The Independents and Sectaries cry np themfclves and their way as t
purer, holier way then other mens, nuking themfelves the only Saints, the
Paradife of God, the tender confcienced men, thereupon feparaung from our
Churches, and accounting the Presbyterians as adunghil j which kinde of
notions among the people , crying the Saints, the Saints, tender confcienees ,
hath gained them more then all their Arguments; and therefore to take off
this Argument, /tis neccfory to (hew they are not holier then others, neither
iiave tenderer contciences, but are loofer, and larger confcienced men : And
1 ask O^*/*/,wben as BeRarmine and other Papifts bring againft Prottftants
hoHnefle ef life as a note of the Church of ^mey and boaft ef the great ho-
Eneffe that is in their Church above what is in the Proteftants ; whether do
not the * Proteftants juftly and properly to dif-
* Whitaker, Second Quito, prove them, give inftances and (lories of the wic-
$>t Ecslcf.<pi*ft.i.c. 1 1 f J4z, ted lives and ways of many Papifts, befides of the
34^- PapifieiD^resturftt D0ftrin€$ in che Church of Rome- and if the
fcysi I***™. dvc a«d r blamelc{re; hr crank
Ponttfcc U infimur*. be a fault in the Presbyterians to do the fame,
Ptncbum multi *»n v*vi when they are to anfwer the Sectaries > but now
itU etiumgrwif- tne Presbyterians do not feparate from the Inde-
erinntur. vi- peD<iems out of pretences of greater holincfle,
<w md Ge n°r crY UP themfelves in Sermons and Books as
rriucs . occona oe~ / » . j«_r UTJ j
j.cra! Controveriie of the th« only Saints, and therefore the Independents
Church. «|«eft. .?. of the cannot fo juftly bring thefe things againft the
notes A marks of the Church* Presbyterians , as the Presbyterians againft
pag.9&. t^mefi "BcttArm. Ener- tjiem 7
%$?,« *?$.%&: 5- As for that MtnCcript whichcame to CT
mtawtim, de smitiwm TWJ- *<*pt above a y ear fincc concerning Mr. Edbardt,
tifiw. which difcourfeth his jugling and indirect walk
ing between the two Towns ofGwhtlmmg in Sur
rey, and DttnmoK in Effex, which will be attefted by good hands, and be con
tent to fubmititfelf to the Preffe: I Reply, let Crete* fif print it when he
£leafe, I challenge him to do it, fohe print nothing but what he will make
good ; I remember 'tis a fpsech of famous Ht^olton in fotne of his works,
Innocencj and Independency maks* me* of the bravefi Jpirits, I blefle God I
hav« Innocencr, knowing nothing by my felf of fault in this matter, and I
have
of the Sectaries. 6f
have Intkpcndency, be'.ng an Independent in a true notion, not hanging upon
great men, nor hu^.iag after Preferaienrs and great Livings and 1 defirc the
Reader to obfciv^ wha: I (kail fay of this matter, Crctenfi; could hardly hare
iafhnced in a bufines to makt more for my piaile, and rmfaame, then this ;
and if he be able lo give me any one inftance of an Independent and Sectary
that hath fo denyed himfeli' for the Publike, and for ftrangers, as I did in that,
Ifhallbegin to think thereare Independents in England who feek the Pub-
like good, and not their own things. And for the rmtter of rDunm9Vrt I have
fo much cenaincy and confidence of ir, that if it were known commonly, it
would turn to my great honor (which hcrcCr^r«/t; threatens me with as«
nutter of reproach, and indeed the only thing, which belike Cretcnfit in aM
his gathering and e-«juirings after me, could light upon co upbraid me with)
as that I dare refer it and ftand to the Arbitrament of Mr. Thornx* £Wfr«rr
Mr. Sarrou^htjMr. Bridge, (whom all the world knows, th rough difference
of judgement, are not my btft friends) whether in that bufinefie I be tobc
blamed, or rather have not done a fbguUr thing, and like a man who hath
walked circumfpe&ly, avoiding all appearance of evil : And truly Crttcnju
you may give a lofer leave to (peak, which for the prcfcnt I fcali do briefly
freferving the large relation, both of DuHmM and G*d*lmin%t to my fuller
Reply) and whatever I fpeak, and much more will be accefttx^ under the
hinds of many godiy Minifters, fome dwelling neer DunmoX>y aid acquaint
ed with this bufintlfc from firft 10 lift, others, Members of the Afloobly i»-
truftedalfoinit, and under :he hands of divers godly perfensof the Town.
fully knowing the bufineflj, together with the Mmifter of the Town, the now
prefent Incumbent.
In brief, the great bufincfftf of my justing and i*dire& ftAlkittg between the
tVt« ToWns of Gvdalmingin Surrey, and DuvmoVo in Ejfex, Was this, that to
prevent the coming in, and for removing out one gotten in agii nft tke con-
fents and liking of che godly people, and the Minifters intrufted in the bufi-
nefle to provide for thtm , my name was made ufeof to the Committee for
Plundred Minifters to be put in for the Sequeftntion of DttnmtVv ; and
without ir, as things flood in that cafe (the particular whereof, with that
whole bufintflc from fitft :o lift,! fhall hereafter relate at large)it was judged
both by go Jly Min;ftcrs and the people, (and therefore I earneftly entreaced
to give way to ic) there was no other way to effect it ; which title I held for a
few weeks, meerly for the good of the People, till an able and fir mm could
be found out for the place; in which time chat my name was putting in, and
was in, though I was pn: to a great deal of trouble, and fo.ne charge in Joar-
neyr, riding three feveral times toDunmoft, bcfides other expences for the
good of the place, as in difappoincing men t« come in upon them, and othe-r-
K 2 wife
A further D/fwvery of the Err on
wife (for there were many difficulties- in the bufindfe, as will appear when I
Oi Jl, give a.hiii.rdaiitthof it, aad that occifioned by a Sectary or two,
par-ily bus of 'ijfcwilho me, and forfear ] ftould hive gonethirher, and part
ly ou:c of difappMMoicnt of forac reward and thank*,which one of the Sectaries
expected in cafe one fair for it had -corns into rhe phcr, as may without
all breach of charity, be conjectured by words heard by two godly perforis
otJZ?«w«fr Town) antj though (rrty- nateie' being msde 'life of) rhepre&s"
werg ahfo-Jutely 'Tequeftred tofscat fiteh.a time of the yeer, as t ha: I could'
bav.ejnaderoyfdfvvhole, yea, a great gainer, yet I ntver rook penny nor
farthing ef the Living, no nor fo much as one penny to 'pay the charges I
had< been put ur,to,for the neceflary preferving of the Living to rhe Town, nor
ney.er had penny tar this d*y (which though Jcooceivel might with a good*
coftfciertce have raken, there being noreafon I fhould goto war at my own
charge,) yet becauie chat I might honour the Gofpcl, and take away ail oc-
cafionfrom chofe who would fee k to fpeak evil of me ; and becaufe if I had
taken any thing, it might have been interpreted &, rcpcrtedagreat deal mote ;
beiides all might not have known the reifon of i^rhereforel forb'ear fo 'iffiicK
a$ evec to receivo-or touch one penny belonging lo-Dxxmoft •, and truly I be^
Htv.eif the perfons be enquired of who chiefly hboured in this bufi'nefle, to
b^jng in a godly able man to Duwno\*, and know all paflages (men who
are meer ftrangers to me fave only in this bufimfl^) will fay fuch w^s mj^
due,,; pains, and faithfulneffe1 for their1 Town (in the midftbf many intef-;
Yflpient difficulties caft in by "feme inftrumeht?, who either hid a minde to
the place, or hoped for fomethkig, ) that 'Dwtwo'to Kith great reafonto!
bleffe God for me, and thatl was to them as one not feeking my own things,
but the things of Tefus Chrift, their fpiritual good : And now Crete»fis print
when you pleafe ybwr Manufcript you have by you, only be fureit be not
d$awn up by fome perfosfj who by my means were kept out of the Livings;-
ot 'Dunwoty, and of qoaUlwing, or by fome who would hive brought th^rn
m;; bat being dt&ppointed •! their ends, were vexed; and imagining Imight
have converted the means-of Dmrno^ to my ufe, (bccaufe they would have
dctne fo,,;if it had been in their power) though to be revenged of me by
drawing up a (lory of my jugling, and indirect walking, and putting it into
thehaijd of Mafter Geodwin, to make his ufe of; but Cretenps, let me tell you
(however Independents, and Sectaries ufe to /ogle and walk indirectly)!
hatejugling, and indirect walking, and am- a plain open-hearted man, and
I will give you leave to follow me, in all places this az-.yeers lattpaft where
I have livca and preached, from Cambridge to Walden, and from tvalden to
and in London from one place and Church to another, ard from
H*rf*rd, and HArfctf-tQ London, and from London to IJletyortki
and
and Pratfifes of the Sctfwics. 69
and from Jjltfto'th to godalwixg, &c. and to charge me juftly if youcvn
with jugHng and indirect walking : I am confident thac in all thole plates I
have left a good favor, and none will blame me either for life or Do&tine un
it (fe they be Sectaries or Cavalier?, yea I know there are fome Independents
who were fo convinced of my dil gence, pair fulr.ciT. in my work, iwblame-
able good conversion, iluc however they love me not for opposing theii
way, yet upon all tct^fio.vs will :iftifie for i:ie jgatr.ft the fury and vicLnce
of fome: BIT Cw^/lct rne tdlyou, I wor.dir how you dare fpeakeof
my jiig'.ings and indirect walking, when as the tricks snd juglings of your
parry are fo many and f • m n.fci* to all the world : I could wrire a good
brge Book cf this Subj el, the j'.iglings, indirect walking, equivocations
of the Sect inV,yea of cn-ir fugling between two Places and things : I could
tell Crcttrtfu now (hut .that I nmft remembtr tis not my Ijrge Reply J of
his ju Mi rig/5 and indir.ct walking's between his Ftllowfliipin the CollcdgC
afid'awife (bothagiinft hjSra'.u.e^ ?nd I think agjinft his oath) between
the two towns of Rxynum and Lyx, between Rayxnm and Yarmouth, Ray-
HKW and'^Vtfrtt'iV^, be: ween Rajnum ,'.nd tendon, between his two Churches
and Living*,' His Parifli Church, and his.new\fcpjra-ed Church, between his
Vicartdgeof Cdema* ilpxtafcer Vo ;.-d t'obi -Siqucftred, and his gathered
Church ; as alfo his Juglingt in his Samons and diltourft.5, faying and unfay-
ing, affirming and denufg, but I (pare him; I could tell Critettjsof Mr.
'Peters juglings and indir cl walking for' four yce'rs by gone between old
gnghnd znd new Snglar.d, having every Spring taken his leave in the Pulpit
of old <f«(>/W, and yet he is nor gone ; of his jtglir.g sn'd indirect walking
between the Weft and London^ London and other
Countries to make* Burgtflfes for Parliament -y I
, , , .r .o , H i • i i • v 16. Tliclc laws would lave
could relate alfo Matter rr.ffs his halting between that vbiquinry pcnurberof,
Cjiis Criplcgxts and New Sf^Und, between Mr. follicitor,and fticklci- atmoft
Wa/far and the money for the poor childrens fer- of our late elections ik.HuA
ding over to New t»»l*ndi I could tell a ftory of ?«"* * g«« dc?l of unnecef-
an lihdepende.nt Minifver who fought to have, and ^y,wnhung pains, o™icitttT*
... - . r 7 , on3and alnilc or the PuiPitj to
aftinlly had about -fourefcore pounds for that thc peoples great difguft, for
fyhVh he never preached one Sermon for, coming his own private lucre, and ad-
into the Sequtftranon about Miclnelmas, after vancingtlicdcfigns of his party
all the Harvell was in ; as alfo of another Inde
pendent Minifter /^who hath got well with his riding between places) who
fod fotirty potird> in ready money upon his admittance to be Chaplain of a
RcgimeEt, \»ho after he had received ir, never came at them, nor looked
after them, not To much as given oneSermon, or ever provided -any man in
hi* place „• I conld tellof the juglings and flmfftthgs of the Independents about
their
7 o o^ further Difcwery of the Errws
their new Model of Church-Government, their many pretended excufes
why they put it not forth, as alfo of Independents juglings and indirect
walkings to the rafingof their own foundation, both in the point of the
* Sacrament and Church-Government, bat I
* FW.Indcpend. rafing their rpare tnem for the prefent. In one word, the
foundation^, ?, 3, 4, s- Rcader may fee the clear d forence between my
jaglings and indirect walkings between CjodalmingifiA 'Dtwmo'to and the
Independents vvilkirg-, they take 40. pounds nay 80. li. for preaching neve*
a Sermon, taking never a journey, being at no coft, pains nor trouble ; but
Mr. Edwards makes three journks from London tofDnnmoVe backward and
forwards (each journey being £4. miles) preaches Sermons when he comes
there, is at a great deal of trouble in London, yea and f«me charge for the
goodof Danmoft, and when many pounds lies in his power to payhimfelf
well for all this.he takes not one penny nor farthing, and is not Mr. Edftardt
tkcna great juglerand indirect walker? Cretenfis, fhew me but fuch am
Independent ]ugl«r and indited walker guilty of this fault, Et erit miki
magnut Apollo ; Certainly Cretenjif if your informations of Presbjteri**
mijltkes in thf night, andyonr^r;*/ a 'Presbyterian Angel wherewith you
threaten me if I meddle any more with the Independents, prove no better
then the MwHfcrift by you Which came to your hands about a jeer fine c concer
ning Mr. Edwards kim(elft Vehiok dijcourfetk hit }ugling *»d indireQ VHtltyig
} fifteen Godalming and Dunmow, inftead of hurting the names undref*.
tationt of frcsbyterians, And m*ki»g them fa m*ny dead corpfes, they will caufe
the names and reputations of Qrtttnju and his Informers to be like fo many
ftinking Carrions, and by this one inftance of Crctenfis MAnnfcript upon
which he puts fuch choyce fpecial marks of truth, as that the Writing KM
be atte fled by good handt ; avdif tkersbc no remedy, Veill be content tofttbmit
itfetftothe Prefe • Crttenfo p, 34. the Reader may Judge of all his other
information?, and lawfully conclude, if his Manufcriptsfo and fo qualified
be fuch as he could hardly have inftanced in a bufmefle more to Mr. Edtoardt
honour, and yet according to his Manufcript is framed for his reproach, what
muft his lo»fe informations be by word ot mauth, efpecially taken up from
Anabaptifts acd loofe perfons who care not what they fay of the Orthodox
godly nimfters, whom they look upon now as the only great block in their
way of Error, liberty and confufion.
Crctcnps fag.qi. and 42. fpeaks of a long formal ftory of oncNiMs
living about Moor-fields, &c. related by me in gangr**^ j>a<r. 78, yp.
•' of which ftory Cretenfis faith tis long, the particular forgeries in it namer-
'oas beyond mcifure, in which refpefthe defi res the Reader to make the
'computation, which he may do with exxclneffe eaough in comparing Mr
*n4 Praffifer rf the Sttttrits.
' Edftardt Relation with fome lines given in to him by Mr. Burroughs in wri-
c ting ancnt the bufintfle, arid then Cretenfts fees down what Mr. Burroughs
gave him in writing,which is to a tittle.as followes. That Story Mr. Edwards
64f£pag. yp. of one Nichols, and of a meet i*g concluded of, occafionfd Itjfomc
vile opinions vented by that Nichols; Where Mr. Greenhil And my ft/f (kt
faith) V?Mt together Veitlt divers faffages that he relates came front me at that
meetixgit all falfe. J k*oVv no juchraan a* thu Nichols, I never heard there
Vt>at fuch a man in the World, till I read it in Mr. Edwards hit Book. Itothit
day kn^ti of no meeting about him, or any of hit opinions either intended^ defired,
orrefolved upont muth lefts that there Vcat any fttch meeting. The next Lords
day after Mr. Edwards hit Book^came forth, Mr. Grcenhil askedme Whe
ther \ kneVc of any fuch meeting Voith that Nichols ; for his fart kg Vfondrtd to
fee fuch' a thing in Mr. Edwards hu Eoo^ for hf kneVf of no fue * meeting.
This paCtge in Cretenfis anfwerof all others (cfpecially becaufeor Mr.
'Burroughs teftimony given in writing under his hand, befides mention made
of Mr. Greenhil to in this teftimony, that he knew of no fuch meeting with
'Nichols, butwondrcd to fee fuch a thing in Mr. Edwards his Book) took
mod with many to weaken the truth and credit not only of this ftory related
by me of one T^ichois, but of many other Relations m my Book, this being
objected to many of my Friends ; you fee what Mr, Burroughs hath given
under his hand ; and therefore becaufe of the great name of Mr. Burroughs
and Mr. Gree*hit (which Cretenfii makes ufeof here) to make myttory
numerous in particular forgeries beyond meafure, I (hall iniarge upon it,
to make good the truth of it, notwithstanding Mr. Ttitrrou^hs teftimony to
the contrary, and Cretenfis comments and gloffes up»n Mr. Burroughs wri
ting, and my ftory; and now what if my ftory of l^ichols prove true, and
and that in all the particular branches in it, where is Cretenfis then ? in
what predicament will Cretenfts^}Ar. Burroughs, and Mr. Greenbi/bt found,
and that tis certainly true, and hath been teltified again and again, both to
rue and to many others, both Miniftcnand Citizens fincc my Book came
forth. I defire the Reader to mark what follows.
Eorthefirft part of the Story related by mtpag. 78. concerning one 2\£»-
chols coming into Siefny Parifh, and to Mr. Greenhils fare juftifying thofe
wicked Opinions there fet down, as that <jt<t VCM the Author of all fix, &c.
(yea maintaining more then I have particularly * TU- M *, j*> •
, . . __. *,.. , * 1 his Mr. Kaidal is known
mentioned in /wg.yS. namely, That children ow, wcll to -any goclly ptrfonsj
no obedience to their Parents except they be gidly} and is a godly man.a Schcole •
'cis moft certainly true,and Mr. Greenhil dares not mafter about stcpny, and »
deny it- and for proof of it, Mr. * Vandal Minifteralfo,n0ttKuRa»^i
an care and eye witneiTc related ic to me, »nd A«mmM »d fmiil^
to
A further Dtftovery of the Errors
toothers, yea firee Cretenjisftook came forth that denies the muh of this
ftory ; I have asked Mr. Randal of if, and he affirms it to be undeniably
true; and for to evince the truth of if, Mr. 'Eandal told me thefe circum-
ftances, v in, who were prefentwhen 2V*fWs,did maintain thefe opinions
to Mr. QreenkU, namely, befides himfclf one Oates a Carpenter, and divers
women ; as alfo Mr. GretMhitwuld not ftay long with this 2$ichots, being
to go forth to fome place where he had appointed to come, and fhould be
ftaidfor; fothat thus far the ftory is without all queftion true, and lam
confider.r.Mr. Greenhilupon new consideration and rubbing up his memory,
will fpeak no more iuch words to Mr. Burroughs, as to wonder tofcefuch
a thing as this in Mr. guards Book, and chit hie knows of BO fuch meeting.
Nowlorthefecond part of the ftory, namely thit at a meeting where Mr.
'Burroughs was prefcnr, with divers other?, Mr. Greetthil did relate unto
his Brother .Burreuohs this fad ftory of T^ichols venting thefe opinions fore-
inentioned, and Ji^on that, how all theDifcourfe following related by me
in this ftory of 2\' .}><?/*, p*g«.f9' yea more paCTed between Mr. Grewkilmi.
Mr. 'Burroughs iss* certain as the firft j and for proof of it one Mr. Allen
of Stepnj Parijht 'i g^dly underftanding man who was upon the place, and
heard all, related k to divers in Mr. Bel/amits fhop in my hearing, of whom
after he had made an end of fpeakingto the company, I enquired more per
fectly how he knew all this to be true, and whether he was an ear witnefle,
and got him to name over the opinions again,and to repeat other ps-flages to
me for the help of my memory, and for fear left I (hould miftake the relation,
fofoonasMr. Allen had done, I went immediatly home, and writ down
in my Diary the whole buftneflfe from firft to laft, with the day of the moneth,
the place, and petfons, when, where, and to whom alfo befides my fdf ic
was told : And further then all this, fince my Book caaie forth, and Cre-
tenps Anfwer to it, though this ftory is branded by Crctenfis to have particu
lar forgeries in ir, numerous bejond meafarc, and all T^tcho/s Opinions related
by Mr. Greenhi/to Mr. Burroughs, with divers paflages mentioned by me to
come from Mr. Burroughs XL that meeting, all affirmed to be falfe, yet Mr.
Allen ^before ever I fpoke one word with hisn coming into Mr. Bellamies
{hop accidentally, where when he came in fome company werefpeakingof
Cretenfa Anfwer to roy Book, and of this very parTage of Mr. Burrc-ughs
under his hand brought by Cretenfs todifprove that ftory) of his own ac
cord juft ified the ftory of ^iehols coming to Mr, Greenhil and Mr. Greenkils
relating it to Mr. *B wrought, with all the difcourfe following upon ir, faying
I am the man that told it Mr. EdtoarAf, aad that in this Chop, and Mr.
Cjrtenhil and Mr. Burroughs dare not deny it • for the ftory (faith Mr. Allen)
is moft certainly true, and all the miftake is of thofe words A meeting con-
eluded
and Prtftifes of the Sr&4r/es. 7 3
where Mr. Gretnhil flitfuld relate thcle Opinion?, whereas tha
making knowaof thole Opinions and the Difcourfe upon occafion of them
was not at a fee meeting on purpofe appointed for that occafion, but at a
afual meeting on the Lords day after Mr. "Burroughs his preaching in the
morning, where at Colonel Zacharies houfe Mr, Burroughs Mr. Greenhil
and divers godly perfons ufe co meet ; and as Mr. Alien faid this in the pre-
fence and hearing of three godly Minifters and divers Citizens, fo hath he
(jslam certainly informed) drawn up with his own hand for the Prefix a
Narratien of this (lory of Nichols, maintaining thofe opinions to Mr,
Greftthil, and of Mr, Greenhils reporting the Opinions to Mr. 'Burroughs^
with all their difcourfes thereupon, yea more fully and particularly then I
have in Gtngrtn*, fo that tis ftrange to me that Mr. Burroughs (hould dare
to givefucha writing under his hand to Crettnfis, as tofay that ft or y Mr.
£<1 wards hath ptge 79, of one Nichols &c. is all falfe, when as the whole
ftory and all the particulars of it are true, and there is nothing falfe in the
ftory fromfirft to laft; only there is a miftakein the tranfition from thefirft
part of the ftory to the fecond, and in the parting from the firft meeting
to thefecond (which in find acception of words is no part of the ftory nor
of the matters contained in it) namely in thofe words of a meeting concluded
oft which implies a fet meeting occafioned upon thofe opinions, whereas the
fecond meeting at which Mr. Greenhil declared thefe opinions of Nichols,
and all thofe fpeeches pafled between them, was not on purpofe about Ni
chols and his opinion§, but a meeting where conftamly on the Sabbarh day-
mornings after Sermon, Mr. "Burroughs, Mr. Grcer.kil, and divers private
Chriftiias uling to come , Mr. Greenhil took occzfion to fpeak of this
Nichols opinions. Now I defire the Reader to conflder Mr. Allen relating
to me the firft meeting where Mr. Greenhil was without Mr. "Burroughs,
with the opinions vented then, andtelh'ngme there was a fecond meeting
prefemly after that, where, upon occafion of a former meeting and opinions
then maintained, Mr. Greenhil related the opinions , and all that difcourfc
above mentioned, patted, but not acquainting me with rhe narurcof the
fecond meeting, w*. that it was of courfe every week after Mr^urrou^hs
morning Sermon, whether I might rot well conclude (and cannot eafily
conceive how I could underftand it otherwife; the fecond meeting to be oc-
cafioned by the firrt, as well as- the fecond Relation followed upon occafion
of thefirft,- and though it were notjuftfo, w*. a fet meeting to that end,
where all I fet down in Gangrtna was fpokenjnit an ordinary meeting where
M'Grefnhiltook the occafion to declare as abovefaid,whether this miftake be
a matter to be fo much made of as to be branded with forgery /aJfjm fle,or for
metobecryed oat of for telliag a ftory having particular forgeries in it,
k numerous
74 A further Difcoruery of the Errors
numerous beyond mcafare, when as the circumftance wherein die miftake
lies, is no repoach, or calumny, but infavorem & honorem-t and I appeal
to the Reader whether if theftory had been in that particular eircumftartce
according as I fet it down^ meeting concluded of, it had no.t been more for the
honour of Mr. Grtenkil and Mr. Burroughs to have made a folemn bufinefie
of it by appointing a fee meeting to have advifed what to have done in this
fad cafe, and fucn like, then only at an ordinary meeting on another occafion
by the by tofpeakand difcourfe of it. Bue before 1 pafie from this, I Ilia 11
Jay down four things. Firft difcover and lay opea the equivocarions and
snental refervatiom of Mr. Burroughs and Mr. Greenlnl given into Cretenfis-
in writing. Secondly, Mr. Greenhils and Mr. Burroughs plain untruths
which cannot be falved, no not by equivocations. Thirdly inquire into
\vlmmaybeihc reafors moving and inducing them thus -to do. Fourthly,
commend fomcthing to the Readers coritideration and obfervat ion from all
this Difeourfe.
i. The Reader may here obferve the fallacies and equivocations of Mr,
Burroughs and Mr. Grecnhil ; Mr. Burroughs gives a writing under his hand
to Cretenfis concerning the (lory Mr. Edveardshzthpagejp. of oat Nichols
wd a meeting concluded oft &c. faying 'tis a/I falfe • Now who is there
that reads thefe lines given under Mr. Burroughs his hand but conceives
that Mafter Burroughs brands this whole ftory of '$ilekols of forge
ry, as if there never had been any fuch man, nor any fuch opinions maintain
ed, by him, nor Mr. Grecnhil and Nichols had never met, nor Mr, Green-
hil had never at any meeting declared to Mr. Burroughs and others any fuch
opinions, nor never any fuch difcourfe in reference to thofe opinions had
paffed between Mr. Burroughs and Mr. Grecnhil , as is fet down by me 5
This is the Englifh and common coiftrudion which all people (who
be^eeveMr. Burroughs) make of this writing, crying out , O what a Iyer is
is Mr. Edwards, and whae a lying Book is Gangrtn* \ yea we fee Crttenfis
himfelf, the profound Oracle of the Sectaries takes Mr. Burroughs meaning
thus, as the Reader may perceive by his commentary upon the writing, ren-
dring from thence this ftory oflfichcls related by me, fo to the world as if it
were all forged, and a meer fained thing, going over mod of the particulars
5n this ftory one after another HI his fcotfingway, damning each part of it
as.falfe, and then paffing his fentence upon the whole together in thefe
words: 1 'hi* ftory ulong, and the particular forgeries in it numerous, beyond
•memfure; and all Cretenfis grounds upon, is Mr. Burroughs writing which
he received from him ; defiring the 'Readtr to m*k*tke computation., Vohich he
•mty do Veith exa&neffe enough if he (hall pleafe to compare Mr. Edward*
Relation Vfith theft enfuing lines %hich he received from Mr. Burroughs
himfelf
of the Sett aries. 75
himfelj in Meriting, went thisbftfineff. Thus Mr. Burroughs giyes a writing
under his hand fo couched and drawn op, making ufealfoof Mr. Greenhilt
teftimony toftrengthen it, that ail may take it, and many do, as if the
ftory related by me were falfe j but doth Mr. Burroughs think, or believe
fo of this ftory as his words carry it ? no, he knows in his confcience
the contrary, only he writes thus to CretenRt for the prefenr, becaufe ic
will ferve his defign, and if his fallacies (ball happen to be discovered, he
hath fo placed his words that he will have a back door to come out at, he hath
all along fo framed and penned his writing, that though it carry in the face of
it another meaning, yet upon two or three words placed artificially h<: thinks
to come off, and falve his credit from being branded a Iyer under his own
hind , and that is from putting all he fayes upon thofe words *
meeting conclude d of ; which words meeting andyw^are feveral times ufed
by him, (each of them fix times a peece) and brought in at every turn and
comer to faive him, all the weight of his teftimony ftill referring to the
words, meeting andfttch^fneh meeting, fitch a marine, which the Reader may
cafily perceive: So that Mr.'Swr^A/ equivocation lies thu5, he puts all the
ftory upon a meeting concluded of, and fpeaks of che whole ftory ftill as
upon fitch a meeting. Now there being no fet meeting on purpofe for thofe
Opinions , but the meeting where thefe Opinions were declared by Mfo
Greenhil an ordinary tifual meeting, he thereupon in thofc lines given to
Cretenps, doth not only conceal what he knew, but denies the whole ftory
all along, fuch a man, fuch opinions, fuck pafl-igcs, related, &c. carrying the
matter fo as if the whole ftory had been falfe, becaufe one circHmftance in
them inner of the narration of it was miftaken, and this is his evafion fra
med with much art, and ftudied on purpofe to deceive the Reader.
The fecond equivocation and evafion at which Mr. Burroughs thinks to
come out at to falve himfelf, and yet impeach my ftory of falfhood is this,
that hf never k»e& faha man &s Nichols, nor ever Was at any meeting frith
him^ neither did he ever hear ofhu name , or t b*t there VVM fuch a man in the
Vvorld; which things have been alledged for him by feme of his friends upon
my aitirming the truth of the ftory , and that 1 Hiould prove it; Now
granting all this to be rrue (though fome part of it I much queftion) ye:
my ftory is not made falfe by this ; Gangrwa page 79. for I do not in my
ftorv of Nichols, charge Mr. Burroughs that he ever was at a meeting with
Nichols, or ever faw his face, only I (ay Mr. Greenhil and he met (which
is moft true) and therefore Mr. TSvrrcnghs confounds meetings, jumbks
two into one, which I make in my Relin'on diftinct, OB purpofe for an eva-
fion j neither of thefecond meeting(which I fprak of) where Mr. B wrought
was with Mr. Greenhi^do I fay Nichols was there,bur rather the contrary ,liy-
L 2 inn
7 6 A further Drfcovery of the Errors
ing down that Mr. Grecnkil related to Mr. Burroughs and others, whit had
been vented by Nichols a few dayes before; and now I appeal to the Reader
whether this be ingenuous fair dealing to deceive the Reader thu?, by cafting
the afperfion of falfeneffe upon a true ftory, and yet to keep areferveto
come off with ia cafe of being chalenged? or rather whether is not this
Jcfuitical equivocation, and whether any Jefuite could, or would have
drawn up half a (core lines fuller of equivocations, refervations, and double
expreffions then Mr. Burroughs hath in thefe few lines.- I am of the mind
this Manufcripc of Mr. 'Burroughs difcovershis jugling and indirect walk
ing between the two meetings, that where Mafter Greenhil was without
Mafter ISurrmgksy and rhat where both of them were, that of a, meeting con~
tludtd ofjxch a mefting,ir\& an ordinary ufual meeting.more then Cretenfis Ma-
Iiufcript will, do ffiy Wglixg and indirect talking between the fftoToftnsof
Godalrning in Surry <wd Dunmow zwEflfex; bat to make an end of Mafter
Burroughs equivocations, I wifh Mr. Burroughs to think often of that in
Iawes9 cap i. 8. *A Awble mindedman u unftable in a^his Vrayes, which hath
been often in my mind of htm, he of all the Apologifts in many things feem-
ing to come neer us, even as it he were ours, and then flying ofFjgain • I could
mind him of divers paflages, both in the Aflembly and out of the Aflembly,
In his Sermons,and Conferences, wherein he of ail the reft hath moft yeelded,
inclined to us for a fie, and yet at other times none ftiffer nor fiercer then he.
2, As in Mr. Burroughs writing to Cretenfist I have fhown plain equivo
cations, fo there will be. found in it manifeft falfity, and feme paifiges that
cannot be falved from lying, no not by the help of an equivocation ; as for
infta/ice, Mafter Burroughs fpeaks as of the whole together,* W^«7 0f2V*«
shols, not a part of the ftory,and faith^5 itfalfc, which is an apparent untruth,
for though feme part of it were falfe, yet if any of it were true (efpecially the
majorpauj it cannot be aftirmed all is falfe, and then though in fome parts
©fit Mafter Burroughs may equivocate, yet in others he cannot; as for
:k/lins£3 the firft part of the ftory wherein is laid down Nichols maintaining
lQMr..Gretnbils face thofe wicked opinions, is a part of the ftory ^Nichols
and undctibtedly true, how then can thatbefaid to be falfe? befides it pre
cedes thofe words expriflfcd in Cfanqrtiia, a meeting concluded of ] upon which
Mr. 'Btirrougfa evades, and fo cannot be falved by having a reference to them,
and yet this is the firftand one great part of that ftory Mr. gdMareb h#h
©f one Nichols ; hew then can Mr. Burroughs words , 'viz. of affirming
ihac ftory Mr. Sdfttrds hath of one Nichols, to be falfe, be uranyfeufe
juftificd to be true? again, how can Mr. Burroughs fay -he never heard
there 'teas fuch a man in the World as Niehols, when as it cannot be
thoi-jgh; but that; Mafter GrtenhM nimed him to him at Colonel Ztcka-
rict
and PrAclifes of the Sentries . 7 7
ries houfe ? and that Mailer Burroughs ihould never hear of Nichols name,
Mr. Greenhtl and Mr. Burroughs being fo familiar , acd Mr. Cjrccnhil rela
ting to him the opinions, that Mr. Burroughs ftiould never aske the mans
name who held fuch vile opinions, nor Mr. Cjreenhil never fpeak of his
mme, feemsto me very Grange,- and if fo, how came Matter ex///«* to
hear and know that the opinions related ro Matter 'Burroughs, were one
Niehols opinions, feeing Mr. isllUn was not at the firft meeting where
Nichols was with Mr. Gretnkil,buton\y at this fecund meeting where Mr.
Burroughs was? again how can Mr. burroughs give ic under his hand, that
he 19 thu day never k»fW of any of Nichols hit opinions, when as the opinions
of Nichols laid down by me in the ftory of Nichols, were told him by
Mr. Grefnhil, and Mr. "Burroughs thereupon was fo iffccTitd, that ail chofe
fpeeches fell from him, about the neaflry of a Government-, and power
in the Mtgiftratc, and that over confcience, &c. Laftly, for thofe two or
three laft lines of Mr. Burroughs, namely Mr. greenhils asking him whe
ther he knew of any fach meeting with that AtoWs; this beingfpekeaofin
reference to the ftory of T^ichols fet down by me in Gwgrana, that for
his part he wondred to fee fuch a thing in my Book, for he knew of no fuch
meeting, howdurftMr. Grcenkilhy thus, and Mr. Burroughs give it under
- his hand to be printed to abufe the world thus; for did not Mr. Cjrtenhil
know of a meeting with Niche's, which I fpoke of in my Dook in the former
part of this ftory of lV;V&0/x,where Tickets juftiried to his face thefe opinions,
and which was the ground and occationcf all the difcaurfe related by me
in the fecond meeting ? and yer Mr.Greenhils queftion to M.r.'Burroftghs, and
his own anfwer to it here let down by Crftenjis as from under Mr. Burroughs
hand, arefofet down tlut every Reader (who will believe them) believes
and takes it for granted, that Mr. (jrcenhil no more then Mr. Burroughs
ever knew fuch a man as this Nichols, nor ne?er heard there was fuch t
nun in the world, till he read it in Mr. Sdtorrds his Book, nor ever knew
of any meeting about him, or any of his opinions ; and fo we fee Cretenfis
(chough an acute man) underlhnds it fo, and vapors exceedingly upon
- ir.
3. It may be demanded and asked what fhould be the caufe,and what way
be the reafrns why Mr. Burroughs and Mt.Grtenhil fhsuld thus confpire to
gether to give fuch a tcftimony in writing as this agiinft (he ftory of Niclrelf,
which cannot but with all ingenuous men prtjuduce thi'm much, (the fjil.uV
of ic being sonce made known) as being at the bed but a grdfe rquivc-
cation, and a ftudied peece to deceive the Reader, efpecially eonfidering
that nothing 1 fpeak of in tha: ttory of T^chols was to the prejudice and
of Mr, Cjreenkil and ^.Burroughs, but much to their
7 8 ^A further Difcovcry of the Errors
as being at chat time in fo good a temper as to be affected with the evil of Er
rors, aad wicked Opinions.
Now of this! conceive thefe three Reafons: Firft, Mr. Burroughs and
Mr. Grecnbils earneft and eager defire of taking all advantages, and opportu
nities to bkmifli me, and to render me a Lyar ro the world , which that they
might do, conceiving they had taken me tripping in a nnftake (though no
material one, nor nothing to their prejudice, and fono flander nor calumny,
but making for their honour) they profecate it, and improve it fo far, that to
make fomethtog of it (poor men) their ill-will and hatred againft me, blind
ing and befooling them, leads them into Equivocations, mental Reiervati-
ons, and Untruths, even to the wounding o* their own reputations amongft
all unprejudiced men. Secondly, a Ddign thereby to biaft my Book among
the people, to render it odiou?, to caufe the trurh of all matters of fuel: in it to
be fufpectedj and fo to hinder the good intended by me in that Book .- Now
Mr. 'Burroughs and Mr. Greenkil paving a great name among many people,
being accounted for men of that way feme what moderate and among the beft
of that party, they knowing ihat their ceftimony, and that in the mouth of
two witneffes (both being joyned together in the writing printed by Cre-
tenfis) might wound my Book, and from thence many would take occafion
to queftion all, therefore they catch at the leaft eccafion to declare them-
felves againft my Book. Thirdly, they do it to free themfelves from fufpition
and jealoufie, which ocherwife they nvght lye under from theotker Secta
ries, as if they were againft othcf Sects and Opinions, and fora Toleration
of no other Sect buc their own , and were for the Government of the
Church to be fetled in regard of thefe horrid Opinions and Merefies daily
vented, and for the coercive power of the Magiftrate againft Sectaries,
which thefe conferences upon occation of Tyichols Opinions fetm to import,
and might give forae jealoufie of, and therefore to clear themfclves from
thefe , and to ingratiate themfelves to the Sectaries, and the Sectaries to
them , to afTtire them they will ftand by them againft the Presbyterians ;
they greedily catch at the miftake of a circumftance, and 'hereupon Mr. Bur
roughs gives a writing under his hand, fo couched and curiouli drawn up, as
that all their fellow Sectaries cannot but take it as if they denyed the whole,
and as if no fuch words had ever beea fpoken by them about Opinions, snd
the neceflny of Government and power of the Magiftrate. The Indepen
dents ft rictiy fo called, are a very few in comparifon of the Anabaptifts, An-
tinomians, Libertines, &c. a contemptible party as of themfrlve?, Indepen
dents in Armies,Country,City /ailing daily to Anabaptifme,&c. and therforc
Mr. Greenkil and Mr. TSurronfis being afraid they might fufFer by this ftory,
take this occafion to clear themfelves by fending this writing to Cretenfis.
4. The
of the Settaries.
4 The Reader from this writing given under Mr. 'Burroughs hand to dif-
prov'e one of ray ftories, together with Crctenfit glorious vaporing inferen
ces upon it , may plainly fee what to judge of my ftones laid down in Can-
awa, and of Creter.fu confutation, feeing Cr*t*yii fignal choifeft proof, and
that which among ail the rtft was the eneiy teftimony that gave him fome
credit in the world, proves fo weak and faulty, yea andatbtft but a meet
juggle and equivocation : wfrat may the Reader think of Cretenjis Anfwer*
to other patfuges of my Boek ? his Testimonies being either from perfons of
no credit and worth, Apprentice boyes, Stctaries, and men in their own
caufe, or pcrlbns under bad report, as Cojenst againft whom there have been
many other complaints and depofitiqns for mifcariages and mifdemeanors fas
I am certainly informed) yea among others for abiding a worthy Member of
the Houfe of Commons, when a« Mr. Bwmntgks teftimony proves fo invalid,
and the whole ftory of Niihols (excepting onely onemifhke in the tranfi-
tion of it from one part to the o^her) proves all true, yea and more too then I
hive fet down, as appears both by what I have fi d already, and from Mr.
Mens printed Relation, being a man from whom i had [he firft Relation of
this ftory : Now by thh time I conceive that all men know what to judge
of Mr. Burroughs Text, and Crete»fs\A* Commentary and Application, and
muft conclude Crttenfis had litrle reafon to make fuch Tragical our-eryes,
and a great noyfe of branding ths ftoty of Nichols' (us if there had never
been any fuch man in the world, nor no fuch Opinions held' by any, nor ne
ver no fuch difcourfe between Mr. Burroughs andMr,£r*r»M) with parti
cular forgeries in ir, numerous beyond meajarf. And for a conclufion of my
Reply boihtoCretenfit and Mifter £*r*Mg£f writing, I retort thus upon
Cretenjis in his own words a little changed : That long formal ftory of one
Nichols living abotit Moor-fields, coming into Stepney psrifh to draw away
people: Tkai to Mr. grcc*kih face did juftifie and maintain many wicked
Opinions, &c. upon occafion whereof at a meeting where Mr. Grsenhil,
Mr. Burroughs and many or hers were, which meeting was, vi*,. a little before
Mr. Burroughs fell upon the preaching of the power of the Magiftrate in
matters of Religion , and the point of Toleration: At which meeting Mr.
'Burroughs and Mr. Greenkil, with others, fpake many good words, particu
larly Mr, Burroughs, in regard of theft things, matters being fo, there was a
neceflity of the Government of the Church, and of the power of the Magi-
ftrate,&cs This ftory is fo long,and the particulars in it true beyond queftion:
In which refptd, I dtfite the Reader prefently to make the computation,
which he may do with exaclndle enough, if he fhall pleate to compare Mr.
EdVwfo -his Relation in Gangrena, this Reply , and Mr. Aliens Relatien
anent this bufaeffc, with .the Lines received by Crete»fis from Mafter Bur
roughs
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rwgks himfelf in writing, and Cretenfis commentary upon them.
Creten/is pag, 42. Sett. i.j. having had oceafion to mention Mr. 'Bur
roughs iruniedudy before, fj Is upon a difcourfe to vindicate Mr. Burroughs
of an Error charged upon him by me in the Catalogue of Errors, and labours
jo clear him by comparing it with other paffiges in his Book, />«£'34 35.
and by (hewing Mr, Burroughs his rule touching forbearance was of matters
of Religion, not of matters of State, and their concludes his confutation
vvifh a jeer and fcoflf oi what I faid againft Mr. Burroughs petition, namely
it was but a forlorn hope, the fore-runner of a great Army of Confutations
advancing, and of relembiing iClr. 'Burroughs to Achilies: and applying that
verfecomeiaanfweringMr. Burrottghst
Jnfoflix puer, atqueimpar tongrcffw Ackilli.
IZcpfy* I have much exceeded the nature of a brief Reply to Cretenfis,
having already gone far beyond the number of facets I intended in this
Reply to Cr£tenfist and therefore taat I may referve matter for my large
Reply, I fhsll not enlarge my felfupon this, nor the following particulars
in Cretexfis Book ss I have done upon fome others, but {hall pafle by what I
eould fey to Cretenfis evafions of pafifages in other pages clearing his
meaning, &c. brought in defence of Mr. Burroughs, as namely, that Mr. Bur
roughs ufes to fsy and unfay, affirm and deny, as the vanity and weakneffe
of that diftinclion (as 'tis here applyed) concerning matters of Religion,
«nd matters of State, as if an erroneous conference did not make things the
Magistrates account , but matters of State, matters of Religion, and the
Magistrates alfo reckon many things to be matters of State, which many con-
fcienees account high matters in Religion j all I fliall fay (and juftly) of
of many things delivered by Mafter Burroughs about Toleration and the
Magiftrate, is, what Galen (aid wickedly of Aftfes writings, Mult* dicit
fed nihil probat; and therefore there will need no great abilities to confute
Achi&es, Troilus may try his valour with him, by putting him but to prove
his own Pofitions and Afifenions; only before I end my Reply to this Se-
ftion, I muft tell Cretex/is he forgot when he writ thus , Troilus Vt>iti needs
be trying kis valour With Achilles Vehatfoevcr it cofts ht8tt that Mafter Ed-
Veards had already tryed the ftrength of Aehilles and four more joyned to
him, Mafter Thomas G0&dVt>i», Mafter Nye , &c. in his Antapologie, or full
Anfwer to the Apologetical Narration, which was never yet replyed to
unto this day j and therefore certainly if the unhappy boy were able ( as
learned men are pleafed co think) to make his part .good with
four
and Pratfifis of the Sftfarics. Si
four betides Awilles, he may venture to try a fall with Achilles alone ; and
therefore if Cretenfts will once more get a writing under ^.Burroughs hand
to this purpofe, and ^rinc it, that osfimlles will i:i writing openly maintain his
and Cretenfu Church way no: to be a Schjfm.and that it ought to be tolerated
by he ^upreme Migiftracyof thi<; Kingdom, I do proffer toanfwcr him, and
to maintain he con rary, and then leave it to learned men to judge which of
us haih rte fill : only I ptcmiit :his condition, thac both of u<> nuy, as in the
prc&nce of God, make a lelemn protnife to call in no fecond, nor to have any
help from others, or to communicate our writings to any man, th«tfo what
we do may be a trial of our valours , and not of other mens : And for a con-
cLfion of m) Reply to rhis Station, had not Cretenfis come in at the clofe of
this Section with ins Troilttt and AchiKer, his Forlorn- hope,and his great Ar
my of confu:a:ions, but ftaid his per, & clofed the period at *» erroneotu c-onfci-
eitce may be fitch -}h£ kadftrottght little left then a mtrtclejor he had written one
whole Section among 35. without either giving me the lye, or jeering or fcof-
fing ar me, or abufing tome place of Scripture, &c. but the evil (pint th*t At
tends hi* pen enviedhim the crouton of that glory , to write one fober Section, and
therefore for unifermity fake he makes this like unto its fellows, endiag with
jeers andlcoff .
Cretenfts Sett. 28. pag. 43. faith, ' How my pen hath abufed Mr. Ellis of
* CVc^/?<r,and other bithlul fervants of God in thofe parts wich bafecalum-
'niesand flander«, the world will ihortly underftand by an exprefle from
( thence, of which Mr. Ellis wrires thus to a friend in London : The afyerfwns
cafl'on me and fame others here by Mr. Edwards, are at fatfe 04 foul : fthick
becjwfe they are a great part of his Bcok^ and ftrength, thofe Vcho are here con-
' cerised. \Vi<y, if God pleafe, make Reply.
Reply. Now whether my pen hath abnfed "M..Ef!it of Colckfftert$t other faith
ful fervants of God in thofe parrs with bufe calumnies and (landers, I delire
the Reader to turn back to Mr. Hxrwars Letter, p. 54, 55. and to read what
he huth fent me under his hand ; befides, Cretenfts the great Critick upon o-
thcr mens words, in thefe words kit p™ (fpeaking of me) writes either falfljr
or improperly ; for what I print of Mr. Ettts, &c. in Gangrana, are Letters
written by another pen, not mine, and therefore if I wanted matter, or had
nothing erfe to do with my time, I could fptnd as many words (upon a better
ground jand expatiate upon calling Mr.Harmars pen rny pen,as Crctenfisdoth
upon the word meeting. 36,37. As for the expreflj from Colchefter difcover-
ing the bafe calumnies and fl anders againft the Saints there, 1 hear nothing of
ityer, bu: let it come when it will, I fear it not ; for both 1 and others know
fo much of the Sectaries of Colchefter, of their bafenefle, felf-feeking, equivo-
cation?,^.that the Anfwer to it will fervc to make a third part
\A
8 2 A further Dtfewery of the Error*
other manner of
* This Letter which ftctettfts
here prints, was written by an
Apprentice boy, an Anabap-
sift of Kjjins Church , unto
•ffcfliii himfelf, who belike by
himfelf or feme other
•»unicate<l it to Crctenpr.
And PrMfes of the Sett tries. 8 3
bcrcs Minifter, and thit if Mr. Roberts had knoWn of the Colonels being in
Toton, heVfouldhave endeavored the lunging of him, and yet not Without eauft,
for formtr difcottrtefies received fromhim^&c. 1 defire the Reader to judge
how true 'tis by thefe following lines which I received from Mr. Riberts, un
der his own hand, and fubfcribed with his Name.
T Do not know of any Colonel or other Officer of the Kings party that Mr. Jopab Rrertft
did entertain, nor that the (aid pretended Colonel, nor any other particular pcrfcw di4
particularly endeavor to take away my life : and it 1 had punftually known that the fai<J
pretended Colonel, or any other pcrfon had endeavored at the taking of Birmingham in hoc
blood to have dvftr^ycd my life, yet I do not conceive that a fufticient caufc for me in colvl
blood, if I had opportunity, to have fought the taking away of h;s lite.,
March 24. 1645. T R A s. ROBERTS.
§. 30. Crttenfts thinking that by his Anabaptiftical Letter he hath weak-
ned my tcftimony ot the Author, and branded him for a Malignant, he pro
ceeds in this Section againft the matter of the Letter, charging a great pare
of it to be notoriously falfe, as fome things aboat Kiftln and Palmer, and of a
woman to be Rebiptized , at which ftory, out of his Jove to Anabaptifts and
Dipping, not knowing how foonhefhall fall to that way, hcisfo orT.ndcd,
that he makes the Tale of Gargantta and Donquixot, witti his Wind-mills, to
look like Gofpels in comparifon of it, and thereupon breaks out into a paflion,
that he faith, // it pity the T^lator fiould either eat or drink^, tilt he either hath
proved the truth, or el fe confefled the untruth of it.
Reply. The i'leader may obferve Cretenfis cannot deny fome part of it to be
true ; and indeed the firft part of it of one web (the moft material and foul
for the Opinions and Blafphemie«, Cretenfis doth not fo much as offer to dif-
prove: ) For thofe other abou: Kijins bragging upon Difputation, and thofe
lighter pafages, I conceive Mr. Ricraft will clear in his Anfwcr ; but for the
miinbcfineflfcof Kifinind Patience anointing with'Oy I a fick woman, one of
their members, that is not denied neither, only fome words, which being re
covered, fhe fhould fpeak, \vhich is not much material ta-the thing ; bchdcs,
•cis probable words to that tffed were fyoken, though not in termini*, where
in, may be-, the equivocation ftands : And Jaftly, for that ftory of the woman
to be Rebaptizcd, and the Dipper which Cr-fter.fis makes fuch a qwaint inven
tion and bold fiction, d-c. as if no Anabaptift could be guilty of fuch one ; I
Reply to rrtffff£r,Tberc are foaler things done by Anabapt^b and Sectaries;
Miftris AttaVvays llory,wirh many particular paflfiges in it are fcti! r,as I fliall
by Letters, and other Relations make maniftft ; bi:t whereas drrr<^/ makes
this Relation fuch a lye to the Whetftone, making oil che daring Rdi:ions(as
Cretcnfis phrafes them) in Gangrtna befiues to give place to i', I will upon
one condition (and that a very reafonable one ) that Crctfrfs and hi* Church
M 2 will
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will promife upon proof of itro joyn in a Petition to the Parliament with the
Presbyterians for the forbidding of all D-pping and Rebaptization, and ex
emplary punifhment of all Dipper, as his Brother Kifn, &c. fetdown in my
large Reply to Cretenfis, the pLce where, the name of the Dipper, with other
circurnftances of this ftory ; and 1 do believe, if my intelligence doth not ex
tremely fail me, whereas Cretenfis makes fuch a wonder at one, I fhall be able
in my next to give inftinces in the plural number ; and for this end I have ta
ken order to have fent me wp with hands fubfcribed, the proof with particu
lar circutBftances. And for condufion of rhis, I cannot but take notice of the
extreme cruelty of Cretenjls againft the Rclator of this ftcry (and by this we
may fee what liberty. and favor Presbyterians muft expect, if once we fall into
the hands of .Independents,) That 'tu pity he fhould either eat or drinl^ , till he
$3itth proved the truth, or confrffed the untruth tf it. What Cretenfis , no other
Way for a poor man who tells a ftary of an Anabapiiftical Dipper,but toftarve
Jriznto dea h,orto makehimiinsgatr.ftconfcieaceby confeffing the untruth of
that which be thinks in his confcience to be truejand that I may convince Cre-
tenfis of his rafhnefl!1 in fpeaking thus , I defire him in his Rejoynder to re-
folve this cafe, which is the true cafe of this ftory : Suypafe the perfon Who can
frove it lives fixty or feventy miles off', hoW long, andhoW many days Will you
alloW the Reiator to finde him out, and to bring him, With all other Witneffes be
fore the Adag iflrate to prove the truth of it ; muft net thi* of necejjtty require
ftme days (though no accidents fbauld fall out 3 fickneffe, or of being from homet
&c. Which mi^ht retard it} and Would you have the Reiator all this While go fo
many. days Without eating or drinking? that were indeed the ready way for
the Relaror never to prove the truth of it : I fuppofe upon fecond thoughts
Cfetenfis will confeflc he writ this in a pafllon and flame , as I believe he did
all:the n ft of his Book.
Cfftenfis §. 32.^. 3 8. denies and puts cfF fever al particulars laid down in
G*ngr*na,at about Lieut: Co/o«^/LiIburn,<w about one Thomas Moor of Lin-
cplnfliire, a* about a Woman-Preacher at Brafteed in Kent j and headorns
KU pretended Anfwers with jeers and feoffs, as that Lilburn can fee and read
ffi'eney and ten untruths in my Sook^, With the Worfl of hit eyes, and that lam
$he orcateft maxifeftarian under Heaven , there being no man hath maniftfted
!tkat Wea^efe of judgement, that ftrength of malice againft the Saints at I have
Reply: Lieutenant Colonel Lilburns playing at Cards, I have proved true
ia,Atifwerto tValftyfi, pag. 30. where the Reader may by looking bat k be fa-
tisfied ; as for the reft I have faid of him, xvhen Crettnjts gqes about to dif-
pwveir3 1 (hall as particularly make proof of it by inftanccj j and I am of an
©pinion with Cretenfs (though not in his fenfe) the other things inftanced in
as well as play ing at Cards, are Grapes growing on the fame Thorn ; only
J cannot but wonder at one fetch of Cretenfis (indeed far fetchty to falve
the credit of his Brother Lilburn, That my reporting of Lilburns playing
at Cards either u a falje report it (elf , or at leaft a report of a report Which u
falfe, ana fo little better, which is to make all reports taifc of which a man
is not an Ear and Eye-witnefle, and fo nothing to be believed, though re
lated by never luch credible Ear and Eye-witnefles: Now after this ra'c to
be fure the ftory of Cretenfis Presbyterian ^ngel which anot'iei hi h to
tell (fome Independent Angel ) is falfe, the (lory of the Presbyterians fifli-
ing on a day of Thankfgivingis filfc, and little to be regarded j for Crttenfis
fure was none of the Com- - or Sub- Prtsbyters (, hough! amcorfident
he would have fifaed with them a whole Afternoon upon a Thankfgiving
day, on condition to have been a Com or Sub-Presbyr,r with the
Doftorate of the Aflcmbly) The Manufcript of my jugling between Godal-
»?/«£ and T>«»>»0\V, is either a falfc report it felf , or at leaft a report of
a report which is falfe , and fo all the ftories which Cretenfu threa
tens Presbyterians with to make their Names and Reputations fo many dead
corpfes.will be but either falfe reports, or at leaft reports of reports which
are falfe, and fo little better, for I believe fretexfis comes litcle among Pres
byterians, and fo cannot fpeak much of his own knowledge.
As for that particular of one of Lilburns eyes put oucby a Pike in the
ftreet, upon which Cretcnfis makes jefts, as that Lilburn is able to fee and
read twenty untruths and ten in Mr. Edwards Book with the vvorft of them,
lanfwer, this paffage, a?alfo that of two Children taken awiy at a time
from Cretenfis are not made any thing of by me, orinfifted upon to upbraid
them, but touched only to fiuw their ownfolly in rafh cenfuringof Pres
byterians from afts of Gods Providence in affLftmg, by giving inftances
in themfdves .• However, for the truth of the thing, Lilbttrns eye was fo run
into by a Pike immediately upon his Letter coming forth againft Mr. T>rjnnc
and the AfTembly, as that he could not fee with it for a great while, and it
was feared, and commonly reported, he would never fee more with it; but
for my part, I am glad to hear he can fee r gtin with it ; and rhe recovery of
his fight doth no whir infringe the truaiof whar I have- written, I expref-
fing not hotv long he could not lee, fp«.aking only of prcfentjy after his Let
ter came forth ; but fuppofir.g his eye fight to be as good as Crctenfis ex-
preffes if, yet 1 am fure he cannot read twenry and ten untruths in Gangrtn*,
and I fuppofe by this time the Reader by my Reply is well fatisficd, that this
fpeech of fretenfis is an untruth; and as for that jeer of Cretenfit, That if
J bad not a great beam in my oVen eye , 7 might eafily have fee* that neither
of Liburns eyes *re fut wt : I Reply , that lately in Wfflminflcr Hall I
talked
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walked by LeintrCol: Lilbttrn, and eyed him well, and could eafily fee a great
blemifa in one of his eyes which was not in the other, and fo vifible, that
many a one in whofe eye k fife is feen, yet cannot fee at all; and I am of the
rninde, if Cretenfts do but put on his Spectacles , he may fee a great bltmifh
in the eye, upon occafion of the Pike running in; but for my part, the
great eft hurt I willi to Lieut: Col: £'V£0r»is, that hern^y not Jofe the eye
of his foul in the wayesof Error, Schifrn, contempt of the Miniftery, difpi-
fing of Dominion, and fpeaking evil of Dignities, yea, my earneft prayer
to God for him, Cretenfisznd other of their Brethren is, That God would
anoint their eyes with eye-falve that they might fee and be aflbamed, and re
turn. Liftly, for Thomas Moor a great Sectary, and manifeftarian th?thath
done much hurt in Li*colnfi>iret which Cretenfts denies, by faying he doth noc
more believe there is any fuch man, then he does that there is any woman-
Preacher at tirafteed in Kent, &c. and he believes me to be the great eft Mani
feftarian under Heaven, there being no man that hath manifefted that weak-
neflfe of judgement, that ftrength of malice againft the Saints that I have
done. I Reply, firft the Reader may do well to take fpecial notice of the bold
impudency of Cretenfis,who dares deny any thing if it maymake for theSecta-
ries ; and 'cis no wonder he denies many other things in gangrava, calling
them lies, forgeries, when as he will dare to write thus, and to deny that
which is known to many hundreds, and toperfonsof all ranks,Minifters,Gen-
tlemen, Citizens, Souldiers. This Tkomat Moor does much hurt in Lincoln-
(hire, fome parts of Norfolk, Cambridgeshire ; he is famous at Bofton, Lynne,
Holland j followed and accompanied fomtimes from place to place, with many
attending him ; and I cannot think but Cret enfis hath heard of him, and that
he hath fome Equivocation in his words orevafions, as it may be upon the
word Sectary, Cretenfis not: judging any of his Saints Sectaries ; or upon
great Sectary, as thofe words feem to imply , A Settary of that magnitude
which he imports i or elfe upon thofe words, That hath done much mifchief,
Cretenfts not believing that any of his Saints can do mech mifchief ; and truly
Cretenfts may with as much truth deny there is any fuch man as Maftet
Hugh ^peterSj as deny what I have written of Thomas Moor; and that
there is fuch a one, I have teen, and have by me at this time writings of his to
the quantity of almoft twenty (heets, for his Opinions, written by Tkowts
Moor himfelf, fubfcribed with his Name, to a worthy and learned Member of
the Affembly : As alfo this Thorns Moor^ fince thefe Wars, was queftioned
and committed by the then Governor of Bofton Colonel King, for keeping
an unlawful Conventicle at an nnfeafonable tirneia the night intheGarri-
foaTown of 'Softon^ and for abufing and mif calling the Cover nor when
fee was brought before him about it. Secondly , as for that jeer, There it »e
mtre
And Prtttifts of the Setftries.
more any fttchman then [*ch A Vcsman at Braftecd in Kent, let Cretenfu know
for all Matter Saltmafas bold affirmation in his late Book, that the contrary
.it knoVtn to him fe If and all the Tofr^there is fuch a wom-an who Preaches often
both at BrafteedtnA other Towns thereabouts ; and befides what the Reader
in juftification of this may finde in this Book, p. 24,25. I (hail adde this as a
farther proof related to me lately by two godly Mimftets of Kent, which is
as follows. Upon Mr. Saltmarfrts Book call'd Groans for Liberty . coming
forth, and denying there was any fuch woman, who Preached at Brafteed, ma
ny of the godly Miniftcrs of Kent in that part of Kent about Town Mauling
at a meeting of theirs, took it in confideration to enquire and finde out the
truth of that related in Gangr<ena> but denied by Mr. Saltmarfi, and entreated
particularly a Minifter on Mr. T. born in thofe parts neer fBrafttedt knowing
the Town, and the people thereabouts, to make it his bufinefle fotofcarch
into it, as that the certain knowledge of it might be reported to them at ihdr
next meeting, that accordingly it might be communicated to me for the i urtnet
clearing of the truth. Mr. T. willingly accepted of the Motion of his Bre
thren, and accordingly did ad in the bufinefle, and at the nexc meeting fatis-
fied the reft of the Minifters, that he had found out there was fuch a Preach
ing woman aaAnabaptift, who fomtimes at Urafteed, and other times at We-
ftrum, a Town neer Braftecd, doth meet other women, and after fhehath
Preached, (he takes the Bible andchufes a Text, fomcVerfes in a Chapter,
or fomtimes a whole Chapter, and expounds and applies to her Auditors;
and Mr. T. the Minifter, who returned this relation to the Minifter , knows
this woman, and knows this to be fo. One of thofc two Minifters who ac
quainted me with this, being entreated to give it me under his hand, hath un
der his hand given it me, which I keep by me to produce upon any occafion ;
fo that the Reader may fee both the one and the other, Thomas Moor the Se
ctary, aad a woman Preacher at Brafteed, and both true, notwithftanding
Cretwfis will not believe them, but m*kes a jeer and feoff at thefe as he doth
at all other things. Thirdly, ro that bitter, uncharitable, unchriftian cxpref-
fioa of Cretenfis concerning me, that I am the greateft Manifeftarian under
Heaven; There is no m<*n hath mar.ifcftcd that Vfeakneffe of )tidgemcHiy that
fircngtk of malice agtdnft the Saints Vehich he hath done. 1 would have Cr.eten-
•/foltoow,.if 1 would give leave to rny pen, I couU uponthefc words whip
htm fo as to fetch blood in abundance from him, but I will not wi ire a Satyr ,
.all I ""ill fay (though this is adtfperate provoking fpeech,and 1 have much ado
to forbear) is this, I dare appeil to the iidifferent Reader, Whether Mr. Ed-
W^r^or Mr. Goodtoin'm their writings againft Independents, and againft
Pre&byterisns, have manifcftcd more weaknefle of judgement, andftrength
of malice againft the Saints : And co fousfie the Reader and -my fclf, I defire
Cre-
Discovery of the Errors
Cretenfit in his Rejoynder to (hew where in any of my Books I have mani-
fcfted that weaknetfe of jadgernem, to declare to all the world as fretenfis
hath done)chat(I pur out an Arfwer to a Book of which I never read one qua^'
terof it; or writ a Book, wherein the far greateft part of the particulars
were obferved by others ; or hzd neither leafure nor opportunity to fearch
to the bortom all was Ptoned, and yet notwithftanding deny all with Gyant-
like confidence, Cr./?,5o.orwhere,in what pages of my &Qok*,m:itttkd,TleafoHs
agtinft Independent Government, &>fnt apologia, Gaxgr&n<*t \ have difeovered
that ftrcngth of :aalice againft the Independent Saints, as Cretenfis in his
Books call'd Af. S. Theo-mackia, Anfaers and Rep/yes to Mr. Prynne, A
brief Anfaer to Mr. Edwards, hath againft the Presbyterian Saints, and ail
tht : Reformed Churche*. But no man need marvel at Cretenfis courfe lan
guage, either in vilifying, flighting me, or in charging me fo deeply, whocon-
fidershow he hath fpared none, of what condition or qualify foever, chac
have come in his way, not regarding any mans age, calling, learning, holi-
ncflfe, differing*, place ; witneffe his fcornful birtcr fpeeches againft Mt.Wal-
,%r,Mr. JLokorou^hy Dr. Steuart • yea, caftingfiie brands of reproach upon
City, Amenably, i?arliamenf,and all Presbyterians, and particularly upon thac
worthy, learned, and religious Gentleman Mr. Prynne,ti\e greateft and trueft
fufferer againft thofe evils of that time.both for matter and manner, of any one
man in £Vg/,W, whom above all others (notwithftanding ail his fuffi rings,
and other perfonal worth ) he hath flighted, and defperately cenfured, as
here he does me; which the Reader may finde in Cr ctenfis Books againft
Mr. Frynne, and particularly in thac Book Inti-
* Calumny o.uignci and cajty tuje(j * cdnmnj maimed and caft.
Pag. ii, & 17.1 could prove
(1 fayj by the Commiflion aforefaid, that Mr. Prynne hath done all thefe things, on'purpoFe
to defpite the Spirit of 'God, to defame the Gofpel, to make the ways of godUneflc and re
ligion hateful to the world, to encreafe divifions, to multiply diftrat'tions, to biing a fnare
and evil day upon the Parliament, to expofe the whole Kingdom to ruine and dettrutlion.
Cretenfis (§. 33. 49.) denies he holds any Errors in Juftificacion great
er then 1 do , yea, or any To great by many degrees ; and ic will be a thou-
-fand times faid, before once proved, that Cretenfis holds any fuch Errors,
•&f. He charges me alfo, in my Epiftle Dedicatory, to~abufe the Parliament
with a loud untruth , That there are Eleven meetings at leaft of Sectaries
in one Parife in this City .- which loud untruth he charges not upon me
alone, but upon the Honorable Court of Common-Councef, the Lord
Mayor, Aldermen, &c. calling them Brethren in iniquity with me. And fur
ther taxes me, that becaufe the Pages of my Book are not large enough to
contain my lliameleffe untruths, therefore I quote them in the Margin of ic,as
of Ovcrtsn and €*t9»t and fome of Cretenfis Church reporting, e^-5.
a nd Praftices of the Sectaries. $ n
R<?lj. Crctenfa hath been o't.n charged to ho'dFrrours in the paint of
Tuftificaticn an i the particulars hare been fpecitied and proved by many god
ly learne i Minifters, both in Pulpit*, writings, and con- * M ^r^/4er M,fl , .,
ference-, as * Mailer Walker, Matter Robot ongby Matter r«,|i by writing; Ji/ftwUi
Calamity &c. yea, fome Independent Ministers, as Mr. Umii m rrc:Khia^
27wi«#GW»w,Ma!»er£irr/0»/5 &c. have fpoken a^aindhis Errours in the
point of Ju(Un"cation,ufingfliarp and quick expreffions up ;n d'courfing of
them fas I can prove by good witnctfes ) But for me, T was never taxed by
any man, cither Presbyterian or Independent, for holding any E-rours imhe
dodrine of Juftification: and indeed I hold nothing in that point but which is
commonly laid down in th:Confe(i:on and Articles of Relgiontmde by the
Reformed Churches. And for the proving you guilty of F rrour, Maftcr Robo-
rougb hath done it cleerly and ;'u' ly in his Animadvcrfions and Examination of
both parts of yojrTreatire of fuftincation (which, me th:nk'3 you never ha
ving replycd unto, fliould nothavc had the forehead to have boafted thu^ Be-
fides alfo,a go Jly orthodox learned Pre.^byt. of the Church of Scot'and hath
fully anfwered you, and difcovered your weakneffe, as one of the Reverend
Commiffioners of the Church of Scotland aflurcd me upon his own know
ledge. Secondly, Crttenfa fliewes his imp:idencie and boldnefle in denyin^
that which I pr, ve by a Petition of the Honourable Courr of Common Coan^
ce 1, wherein thy in termi™ (&CnttnJtt canno: deny; affirm it; and I (Im-
pofe, all men will iudge, fuch an Honourable Court amrmingic, and that to
the High Court of Parliament, is to be beleeved before one Cre'trft. An J
of this bufmene I know fomething, for I particularly inquired of fame ofth.t
Committee; appointed to draw up the Petition, and to make proof of things
how this particular was proved; and they told me, it was made apparent to
the Committee of Common Councell,whercupon thev put it in : and no wife
man can conceive, that fuchareprefentativeBodyasthe Common Councell
in a kufineflf,- wherein they knew they had fo ma iy eyes upon them, and fo rra!
ny cm mies, fall the Seftaries mortally hating them for this, and o. her Petiti-
onsj would reprefent inch a ihing to the Parliament, unlefle they could prove
The Common Ccuncell knowes very well, the SeSa ics wan: not friends
poflefle the Parliament againfl them, and who wa:ch but for fuch an advan-
tage as to take them tripping, thereby to render all they prelcnt in this kinde
astattcrandif Cretenfr, orany of hh fellow Seftarics could have difprovcd
this, tisa wonder to methey did nn : When a Committee was appointed to
near and the Citie to make proof of fome of the fouled things mentioned in
the Petition, why did not Crttmfa or fome of his Church then, for the
weakmng the credit of the Common Councell, and the better bringing th.ir
N preaching
A further DifcoveryoftbeErrours
preaching- filters off,come inland alledg this as a Loud untruth?ob je&ing,that by
the fame reafon the ftory of the preaching women might be falfe. But how true
ibeve? 'tis , Cretenfit hath a good faculty, in all things that are brought againft
the Se&aries,to beleeve nothing j but to be as confident as twice two makes
four, that all is falle. Well, though I will not be Ib uncharitable as Creienfa
tvas, to wifh Mafter Goodwin might neither eate nor drink till he had proved
what he here writes : yet I heartily wi(h,that my Lord Majorand the Honou
rable Court would not fufifer £t€tenfit and his Church to meet any more ia
their Conventicle., till he had mad? good what he here writes 5 which , I con
ceive, they may the more lawfully and juftly doe, becaufe he doth not only give
them the———, but calls them Brethren in iniquity with me, , fcoffing at a fay
ing of mine taken out of the City Petition, But t hit faying of bis need not be
mdzncloly for rvjnt of company -y it bath Brethren enough in the iniquity of it: and
who are tlisfe brethren , but the Lord Ma j or, Aldermen, and Common Coun-
cell? Q what an infolent bold paflageia this ! The Pleader need not wonder
at his foul mouth, and railing Dialeft againft rne and my Book, who cares no
more for this Honourable Citie : I doe not fee how the Honourable Court of
Common Councell can let it pafle without questioning him, to fufferaman,
who lives in the Citie under their Government,to abu(e them thus in print* I
am confident, if the Presbyterians lived in a Citie under a Magiftracie and Go
vernment, where the Governers were Independent, and mould haveabufed
thenuhu93 they would have made the Citie to hot for them. 3. As for that I
lay of Overton and Eaton, for all Cretenfis mincing and (hufflingj I fhall free my
felf from utcering untruth j for Overton faid, after a boafting manner, unto
two fufficient wilnefies, that now there WM an anfwer to wy Antapobgie, andentnd
into the HaU-boofa and they apprehend him fb, efpecially one of them, as that
he took order to fend me word (\ being then in the Cpuntryjthatananfwe?
was certainly printing -, and for my greater aflurance,he had fearcht the book,
and found it entred : fb that I and many lookt every day for the coming of it
forth; and I never knew before now, that books were entred into the Hall-
book, but juft when they were going to the Prefle. For Eaton, an Indepen
dent Milliner, I do not affirm,that he fpake the fame words which Overton did,
for his words were fpoken many months before Qvertow • only he is quoted in
th . M rgin as an inltance to make good thofe words in the (ecpnd page of my
Preface, Thei* great words and threats of an An fwer • which werethefe that he
gave out, There was an Anfwer to my Antapo/egie, and hehadfeenit, and
tne Author of it had difcovered me to be a poor weak man, and my Book a
fti ^ht eafie piece, neither good fenfe5nor good Englifh, or words to that effecT:;
which Etton coafeffed he ipake before wicnefles, (iace fny Gwgwa canie forth:
chat' s
and Pra&icef of the Sectaries. 9 1
that's all I (ay of him, or meant, and, I fuppofe, thefe are great words and
threats of an Anfwer. Only by the way, 1 defire Crcterfs to refolve me -thefe
queftion?, and then I will give him a good account why f called Eiton an In
dependent : namely, What was the true reafon that Cretenfis Reply to ir.y Ar,-
tapetigie, being entredin the Hall- Book in Jttly I a ft, and given to the Book-
feller to print, was not printed, but flopped ? And how it came to pafle, that
Eaton, if he be no Independent , had the Reply to my Antapologie communi-
cated to him to read and perufe ? And when Crctmfu hath reibl ved thde que-
flions, ic may be, by the nexr, if he anfiver not truly, I (hall tell him the rea-
fbnsof the Hop, and to whom elfc beiides Eaton this Keply hath been com-
municated, as to Matter Sympfin, and, may be, tell him what Matter
Ovtrton, or his man, or both, have told a friend of mine, about the An
fwer to my Antapologu* as namely, ivhacthe Licenferdid upon per uhr," of
if, and of the Title given to it about 1 he Acccnf<r of the Brethren cjft,&c.
4. As for the report of fome of Matter John Goodrvint Church, &c. I obferve
Cretenfis denyes it not, but puts it off with one of his ufuall tricks, That
he beleeves, I no more know it then declare it. And indeed, this is one of
C'-etmjis jugling wayes which he makes often ufe of in this Book • when
heknowesnot what well to fay, then he comes in with 1 beleeve, be no more
knowetb, and 1 no morcbelecve. (Cretenf.pag. 48,49.; And truly, 'tis fome-
ivhat ftrange to me , that he who is fo hard of beliefe in divine things, that
he will not beleeve the Scriptures without reafon, and hath preached lately
with much earneftnefie and violence, that Faith is not to guide Reafon, bu':
Reafon Faith, will yet in humane things, beleeve any thing againit all ienfe
and reafon. But co put Creteafif out of doubt, that I know,and can prove whac
I fay, I offer Cretenfit, upon promife made from him and his Church, that the
honeft men who told it out of their zeal to the caufe, and their rejoycing in
an Anfwer coming, and to perfwadethe Presbyterians to the truth of it fwho
have alwayes much doubted of an Anfwer to the Antapokgie) mall nor be ccn-
fured by the Chufth, nor looked upon with an evill eye, nor hmdred by this
from being taken in to the preferment of b'ing a Propher, and preaching for
CrcteoyM will name the Minifterro whom ic was told, and the members b»r
whom 5 and for encouragement to Cfttenfis and his Church to make this pro
mife, I will for prcfent name the firfl letter of the godly Minivers name well
acquainted with fbmeof the Church, namely Matter B.
C*ettnfr9Se&.26. pagi 38,39, 40, -i. fpends many leaves in labourin* to
dirproyechs information given me of oncCofms of Rochefter, and related by
rne,arhrmingthat relation to be forgery of forgeries, and all is forgery, all
over it, and that in it there are well nigh quot verb*, tot mendacia-, and b.ee
N 2
goes
02 A further Di ft every of the Errours
goes over fevcnparticulars,putting the /^upon each ofthem,concluding, there
z-> fca-ce a cLiufe ofafentence true in this Relation. And as all along upon each
partiailar,fo both in the entrance to this Anfwer, and in the clofe of it,he is full
of jears, fcofts, and foul uncivill language.
Reply. This ftory being the laft of thofe related by me in G*tngrxna, which
Cretenjis excepts againft in his Anfwer,and the ftoiy next unto that of Nichols
and Matter Bmroxnhs, (if not more in fome relpects) which he moft infults
upon, and triumphs in, I have therefore referved it to the later end, as being
the laft particular matter of fact I ihall reply unto for the juftihcation and vin
dication of my felfe againft the foul-mouthd afperfions ofCretf»Jts : And I
ihall iirft fpeak to the manner of his Anfwer and confutation of this Story,
and fecondly to the matter of it : But before I fpeak to either of thefe,! fhali
minde the Reader of that which I have often fpoken of upon feverall other
particulars which I have replycd unto ; namely, that hee muft not look for
all now that may be faid, left I anticipate my larger Reply ; as alfo, becaufe
there is a Gentleman out of Town, whom I have expected almoft this three
weeks to come to London, who can tell mee fome circumftances in this fto
ry for proofe of fome things more folly and cleerly then the Minifterfrom
whom immediately I received it : And indeed, I am told, there is a myftery
in fome paffages of this bufineffe about Cofens, which being unfolded, will
give more full fatisfaclion in fome particulars to the Reader, then yet I am
able to doe. For the manner of fretenfs Anfwer, how unlike it is to a Mi-
niftcr of the Gofpcl, and how like to one brought up in an Alehoufe, or in
a Bowling-alley, not onely on a day of publick Thankfgivin?, but every day
in the week, having their terms of art at hrs ringers ends, Score up, Tattle on,
and fiich foul-mouthd language, 'Tis a lie, TOM lie, A loud lie, every impar-
tiull Reader cannot but take notice, and many fpeak openly of it ; and that
which makes Cretenjis folly and infolencie the greater, and more to be bla
med by every indirferent Reader, is this, that he gives me the lie fo often, in
fiicrfa difgraaijll, fcornfull way, making the relation ail over forgery, and
that there are fo many lies well nigh as words in the ftory ; fpeaking alfo moft
confidently, though falfly, againft the worthy Mimfterwho told me this fto-
rie, That hee Veorksjloutly at the forge, and feeds both himfe If and the \\*>orld\\>ith
till wAnner of fcandals andfalfooods againft the Independents Without fear, and in
the clofe vapouring and triumphing at an exceflive rate with inferences
drawn from his own confutations, as if all hee had faid in anfwer to me had
been Gofpel « when as all this high and great building is laid and raifed folely
upon the weak fandy foundation of (^ofens his own relation ; Cretenjis diipro-
Ying the truth of my relation, and iealing the truth of his own Anfwer in
feven
and Pratfifes of the Sectaries.
feven particulars by no other way, but The m,m profeffcth (that is Ctfins) that
hee knowfs no fuch man, and this counter information I h. id from the much cf
thefaid Co fens himfflff, and IKIVC the particulars under h:,s hand. Now I ap
peal to all the world whether any wife man would ever have made fuch adoe
as frttenjis doth here, giving the lye fo oft,triumphing fo confidently in a buil-
neife meerly upon the information of a man in his own cafe,and whether this
be not worfethen to askjnj fellow Whether I be a thief; (Crct.p.ii.) namely,
to ask a mans ielfe, and upon a mans owne teftimony to call an honeft m:m a
thief, and to declare a thicfe an honeft man; cfpeciallyconridcring,be'ides
fifcns being a party, and in his owne caufe, hee is a man againft whom there
are many depofitions, and complaints againft him for other mifcarriages and
mifdemeanours, a Copie whereof I am promifed from a good hind, and lhall
infert in my large Reply : But fuppoiing all that Crctcvfis faith fiCens told
him lliould prove upon further inquiry to be true, and not fa lie ; (the contra-
rywhercuntol fhall prefently make apparent) yet no wife man can excufe
frete nfis of a great deal of weaknefle and folly, to pat fo much weight as
hee doth upon fuch a teftimony, and to declare fo much to all the world :
Certainly great fl-etetijuis the greateft Manifeftarian that I have ever met
with, and there is no man hath manifefted that wcakncfie of judgement, be-
lides ftrength of malice againft the Presbyterian Miniftcrs and Saints which
hee hath done both in this, and in many other palligcs of his Book; as to
make an Anfwer to a Book, and profeflfe truely he never read one quarter of
the Book, &c. and in my opinion thcfe afb manifeft greater weakncil'j of
judgement, far re more injudicioufneflj, then the not knowing hnv tor.i-:<re
f^rts of fpecch in a fentence , njr to put the Norn-native cafe andVerb tcp?ther
regularly in EngHfb, &c. And for a conclufion of what I have to reply againft
the manner of (Jretenlls confutation of this ftory, I referreitto the judicious
Readers confide ration whether Mafter £^nur^.r, for relating a ftory as a Re
lation, upon the information of a reverend godly Miniftor well known, living
alfo upon the place,who could upon no reafon be judged to do it out of partiu-
licy, or for linitter ends, be to be accounted a liar, and to have the lye ofcen ai-
ven him.or JAJGoodmn for denying the whole ftory, and a 'tinning the contrary
upon the bare word and relation of a ftranger, a great Sectary, and a party in
the caufe, who according to all reafon cannot be thought but he will fpeak fa
vourably for hiaiftif, elpeciaily being fuch a one,as a man may,withou: breach
of charity, prefume he will fpeak any thing for himfelfc in his own caufe, whjn
as hee did to mee in the prefence and hearing of three godly Citizens al-
ledge in his owne behalfe to cleer himfelf from all fault in this matter ,that one
of thewitnefles who depofed,faid, he was hired to fvvear againft him, and had
five
A further Difcovery of the Errourt
five (hillings given him by one of the Juftices, or fbme about him, and had three
or foure cups of fack given him before he fwore, and was drunk when he took
TVe« honrft ^1 Citizens after ^ °^ ' ""^ ^°m ^"^ ^^ * Citl"
ng cTrPeaT\JL/e,a"theJs«cie zensthcn prefent with me, replied, he had
came to fpeak with me, and was beft take heed what he (aid tO
,
brought into the room where theft three Citizens 7 ,/;?/-« ^ n L n.
were and I fpake nothing to him nor he any thing Jultlces or reace, mat they mould make
t;>me,buc in their hearing, who will teftifie this any wicnefie drunck, or have any hand to
give <;,s. to one to fweare againft him, and
mat this was not likely , nor to be beleeved by any wi(e man ; and I fuppofe if
I mould reply never a word more to what C.*/«/M hath ob/t^ed againft this
ftory of £• 'finf*l had (aid enough to fatisfie rational! men.by declaring I had ray
information from a perfon of worth, and by Cretmfis nothing is here brought
to in fringe ir> but only the parties own teftimony,who isamanalfootherv/ayes
obnoxious,asl have already declared. Now from the manner I ffaall come ro
the matterjand for the Relation which I have fet down ofCofins in thelaft leaf
of my Book fave one 3 1 received it from a Reverend Minifter who is Preacher
at Rocbefar (the place where Cofens lives) and a Member of the Aflcmbly, who
told it me,and a Common Counfell man of this City, and I writ it from this
Miniiters mouth that J might neither forget nor miftake it, and read it to him
after I had done, and upon reading, he approved it as hisfenfe, and that which
he had related . But now fuppoling there Oiould be any miftakes in the firft re
lation made to this godly and learned Minifter, yet I reporting it juft as I had ic
from his mourh (he being a man to be beleeved^) and as an information only, not
as a thing of my own knowledge, I conceive I cannot be taxed for a lyar, noc
according to any acception or definition of a lye jandiflbe in this kindetobe
blamed for Iying,I d^fireto know of Matter Goodwin by the next in cafe hee
have reported from fofens a Seftarj7"a bole per(bn,a man fpeakhg in his own
caufe,any thing that is untrue, (which that he haih done I ftall infallibly prove)
how he will free himfelf from the fame crime, and not more juftlyincurre the
tide of great Mafter O*ta»/fr, then I the brand of lying, which hefo liberally
bsiiowes upon me. But to come to the particulars, for the firft words that Ca-
lens mould fay, Jefus C»rift VPM a Bsfiard : 'tis confefled by him who related it
( [hough he had it from a very good hand J) that tho(e words are not found in
the deposition againg him before two Juftices )but thefe, Cbrifl ( a£jt ) be was
a child, andjou mttft. not bekeve all the words beefiid-y and for the fuller fatif-
facli on of the Reader, I do here (et down the Information and Depofitionto
titcle as it was taken before the Major of Rocbtfar , and another Tufiice
of Peace.
and Praftices of the St&aries. p 5
Givic. RofFenf.
The Information of John Cofens of Chatham', taken upon ojtk the i^dysf
Auguft, 1644. before John Philpot Major, and Philip Ward Eftuire,
Jitjliccs of Peace within the faid C't)'.
WHo faith, that about July laftwas twelve months, he being at work at
the houfe of Matter iWJiam Cobbamr^ in the (aid City with Robert Co-
fens his brother , they fell into difcourfe concerning the Book of Common
Prayer, when the faid Robert offered to lay a wager that the fame mould be put
down within a moneth-.and fhould be read no more ; whereupon the (aid Jttbn
Cojcns replyed, why Brother there are many things there commanded by God;
by what God faith the fiid Robert? to whom h? anflvered by our Siviour
Chrift > Our Saviour Chrift , faid Robert Crftnf (alas)he was a child, and you
muft not beleeve all the words he faid.
Joka Pbilpot Major. John Cofens [_ his mark.
FtifylPtrd.
Fera C>pi*) & txaminat. per tne Joban. GjUafeS.
Now I appeale to the Reader whether thefe words related in this Depofiii-
on, be not Blafphemy as well as the other, and whether a miltake might not ea-
fily ari(e from thefe words d-pofed, to report the other; but to put freteafit
out of doubt that 'tis no lye, nor forgery to report fuch words, yea and more of
fbme Seftarks,Grefe«/?/ Saints, and therefore ne needed not to have triumphed
fo much in it : I will gi\ e him two inftances of Seftaries, who have blafphem-
ed after this manner. The firft is one C>}leburne of Watford in the liberty of
Saint Allans, a great Anibapcift and Seftarie, who fpake thefe words j that our
SaviourChriftwasabaftarJ, and che firft time that he taught was in a tub up
on the fea. This was found by a Jury upon oath, and was returned into.ths
Kings Bench by Certiorate, in Michaelmas Term: laft, The fecond is one in
MidlefeXj who is indited at the Kings Bench, for faying that our Saviour Chritl
ivasabaftard, and the Virgin Mary a— ——with nuuy other blafphemous
words, which ( being (b horrid and filt'iyj I chink nor fie torn ike publike :
This is found by the grand Inqueft in Candlemas Terms laft, upon the know
ledge of one of the (aid grand Inqueit; and to affure the Reader of what I
write, I have by me the whole Procefle and particulars at large, which T
fetched out of the Crowne Office, fobfcribed with the Clirkshand5whichbe-
caufe they are fb large, and I have much ex reeded the number of fheer si aloe-
ted to this Reply,! forbeare to.Princ them; buc vCnteafis doubt of the truth
gf what I hew write, he may if he will be at the charge, hm the whole pro
ceedings
c;6 ^ farther Discovery of the Errottrt
ceedingsoutofthe Crown Office a ctefted under hand. And for Cofim (peak
ing thefe very words, Cretenfis a little after (thoug here be denies them) yec
confefles thele words were charged upon him ; though upon examination wa
ved ; elfewhat meancs that pafiTage of Cfcttniis , the 'witnefie upon whole
* Tingle teftiinony ('originally 3 both the/e and the former words were charged
* upon him ; Now what thole former words were, I deiii e Cntevfls to refolve
in his Re joyrider.
For che fecond, « that if JefusChrift were upon the Earth again, hee would
<be afoamed of many things he then did, Thisiecond part of the Relation of
the Information Crettnfis calls a lye, and the tecond in order, and thereupon
enlarges lrimf,-lf after this manner, cFor neither did the man( namely Cojetts)
1 fpeak anji fuch words as the(e,the witnefle upon whofc (ingle teftimony( ori-
* gimllyj both theie and the former words were charged upon him,upon rexa-
' miration, and that upon oath before the Committee of the County, waved
f both the one and the other,as appeares by the faid examination under the hand
c of the Clark of the faid Committee,whkh I few and read ; and i« forth com-
* ming for any man to perufe for his further fatisfaftion. Now that the Reader
may (ce what Cretenfis confidence and impudencieis, and thatC^»J (pake
fuch words as tbefe, I defire him to read what followes to a word9 taken out of
the originalls,rkept in the Majors Court of Rochefter.
Civit, Roffcnf:
The Information of Francis Tillet, tafyu upon Oath the 1 9. of Auguft,
before Mafter John Philpot <JMajort Philip Ward,<WBarnabas
Walfall Jnflices of the yeace within the fai
WHo(auhjthatin Lent was twelvemonethslaftahe being upon his duty,
at the guard of the Bridg at the Gentry with Robert Cofens, and fome
others, he being talking with the Aid Robert Cojeru about the troubles of the
Church, and fome fpeechofour Saviour Chrift, he the faid fofens then (aid,
that if our Saviour Chrift were now again upon the Earth1 ,he would be afliam-
ed of what he had done,- and he further (aith, that he heard John Pattentf
Saint Margaret?, and John Co fens Brother of the (aid £0£*r*,declare that they
have heard him fay to the effect aforefoid.
John Philpot Major. the Marke of the faid
Philip Ward. Francis Q TiUct.
Estrnahaf Walfall, Vera Co fa & txaminat* fer me Johan. Goldtoell.
Now
and Prdftices of the Setfarie/. 97
Now for chat which Cre/en/ialledges here to clear C°f^ft &**• ne never (pake
any fuch words as thefe, 'tis allfjfi as I (hall demonftrate it to the Reader, and I
am confident that Crctenfir with all his Rherorick,and great fwelling fix footed
words, can never clear himfelf, but muft blufh for fhame , tinlefle he be paft
ic, and confeffe that either he was too credulous to beleeve fcch a Seftary and a
nun in hisowncaufe asC0/<r«/,orel(eoutof hafte and cagernefTe to confute
me , miftooke the bufineffe quite, or which is worfe, did wilfully, and on pur-
pjfe write thus to brand me , hoping that I fhould not be able to difprove him
by ever petting the Records to teltifie the contrary ; and before I do particu
larly difprove thde fix or fcven lines of Cr:tenftf9 I fhall ufher in what I have
to fey by retorting juftly frctcnjit words upon himfelf, which he unjuftly ufed
againftrue, That f rgery of forgeries, and all i* forgery, aU over • for in this con
futation of Crettnfir(by which you miy judge both of thofe many that go be
fore ir, and cho(e few that follow after) There are not only well-nigh, but al-
together, quotverbjytatrmndica t and yet even this hath this banner of confi
dence di fpkyed for the credit of ir3 at appears by the fild exjtmmatu n under hand
oftheCltrl^cJ the faid Committee, trhic b I far? and read $ and it coming for any
nun to fcrvje for hit fatitfitfion ; all which is faife as Khali undeniably demon-
ftrate under the Clerks hand of the Committee; and therefore if I would deale
in fuch a fcoffing way with Cnte*Jif) as he hath done by me (though fal/ely ) I
could marfhall his lies, and ranck them in order, firnVecond, hird,&c.and could
at the end of every one cry, keep tab,fcoreupy tally on, and fay this is a fifth (ifnoc
a fifth and fixch) phib in the Relation of freten/i/^ for here is a big lye with a'leP
fer in the belly of it- in britf^ there is never afeotence, nay not a claufe* nor one
word brought by Crct(»Jj/ todifprovethis fecond part of the ftory of Coftns
that is true, and yet it hath frttenjtr feile upon it , and this foundation (greater
then Mr. Edwards, I was informed for certain) namely , «asit appears by the
c (aid examination under the hand of the Clerk of the faid Committee, which!
1 ft w and read j and is forth-coming for any man to perufe for his fatisfa'ftfon 5
and I am confident there arc more untruths in thefe (even lines of Cretenfis
brought to difprove one claufe of one ftory of mine, then in all my Gangr^n*
(unlefie Biiftakes in the manner of a Relation, as in the order or miftake of
a name, SccJconfifHng of thirty fhectsjand upon condition that Cretenfif will
promife to lubmic to this fair condition, to be willing his Church fhould be put
down, and to Petition wish ice that upon proof of things by me, hit Saints may
be punifhed, I am contented to referre the determination of it to Authority,
and if I makeit not good, to be willing to fuflfcr what the Parliament flialt
think fit; but by the way, if Cretenfit fignall and choyce confutations founded
f upon examinations under the hand of the Clerk of a Committee which he
O «&w
9 8 A further Discovery of the Err ours
€ faw and read, and is forth-coming for any man to per ufe for his fatisfaftion.,
be of fodark and difmall a complexion, that there is fcarce io much as one beam,
or the leaft glimmering of the light or truth in the whole body of itj what
{hall we think of ihofe that have no fuch image or fuperfcription of confidence
upon them, but be only loole informations from Anabaptifts, Apprentices, per-
ibns in their own cauie&c? If Cretenfis Chariots and horf;>men fail , furely
his Infantry will yeeld ihe field. And that I may make good all this which I
have iaid, and 502 only feed the Reader with words and flourifces fas Cretenfis
doth) I defire the Reader to perufe what followes, which cleerly proves what I
fay,and confounds Crctenfif.
pear before the Committee at Aibfwd to morrow
which this (hall be your warranr.
'Ails ford Novcmb. I p Anthony Weldon. Join Tixe.
John Cofent James Hillt Georgt Paine
Francis fillet JohnHiUt William Barnet
To all Conftalktyiind other officers to whom thi
Let Mr. Goldtvell &nd a Copie of the Articles with thefe wicnefles.
The Examination of FfancisTiDtt taken .upon oaih before SIT Anthony Wtl-
don^Wittiam Jatms9 Richard Beak ,znd John BmE/quires, upon an informati
on of fomefubornation againft Robert Coje»/,Novemb. 20. 1 644.
Who faith that Rsbwt Co fens and this examinat being together upon the
Gentry, they were talking of the Common Prayer, and the Lords Prayer; and in
shis difeourfe the examinate affirmed., That the Lords Prayer WM taugbi xnto him
by hit Forefathers., and that it wot of Cbrifts mtkirigand framing whereunto Ro
bert Cofens replyed, That if o*r Saviour were again upon earth he mttld be ajbamtd
of what he had done-) and that afterward thisexaminace relating unto his Brother
John Cofins this diicourfe, the faid John Cofws replyed, that his Brother Robtrt
had faid unto him as much before.
Andnw LydtU Clerk Committee.
Now I defire the Reader but to compare this Examination under the hand
of the Clerk of the Committee with wnztCretenfif haih wiirten anent his bufi-
H1, and he will finde Cretenfis lines brought to clear Goknt from ipeaking
» -, _ . ^ - ----- .--. ** _ * — — - - — •*_- — •—- * • /*
thefe
and Yrafticet of the SeBarie/. 99
thefe words, to have forgeries in it, numerous beyond meafare , the whole and
every pare of ic being nothing but H«i and fox she furtner conyi&km -rf Cre-
tenfis, I will go over his words. I . Crttwfi faith, mitktr did the vttn ftid^tiy
fttcb ivordf u tfofe. CKienfa, how dare you i*.y jo, when «js before three juiiicea
of Peace upon oar1; thetd w ords Wire dtpofed againft him ? is your negative te-
ftimony without >ath fufficicnt to difprove.it \ 2, fnttnpt affirms for proof of
his words, tha*. C'fiw inever fpake fijch words as.tbtie, that the witnelle upon
whofe fingle tefomony ("originally) both thefe and the former words were char
ged upon him upw re- examination and that upon oath before the Committee
of the County, vavedboth the one and the other,which is all itark ftaring falfe;
and C'etenfi pioof failing hinij what is Cntetijii teftiraony worth} Now if the
Reader do but read this Examination under the Clerk of the Committees hand,
and compare with that the firfr Depofiuon ofFranci* Tilltt before the Major of
Rocbefler and two other Juftice?, he muft prefcntly fte it fmels above ground,
and that here Crcteafs words takes place in [Amfett^qifafz-erba, tot mendjch : I
defirethe Reader to tell the untiuths, and that proved upon Record, and not
untruths made upon my faying they are lies as fatwfis are upon his bare
wojcd?. .
1. Cretenfis avoucheth confidently that it was one witnefle upon wfioie fm-
gle teltimony (originally) both thefe and the former words were charged up
on him : let this be the firft lie in tfeis Catalogue, for 'cis evident by the Depofi-
tions which I have fet down, that there: were two witnefles, John Cofenr and
Francis Ttlltt^Francit litkt who (wore Coftns fpake tbefe wcrdp, and John Co-
fens who depofed the other words 5 fj that iherewere twowkneflts,and each
witneffe depoled not thefame, buc dirTcrenc words.
2. Creten^s here affirms the for-naer words, namely, that Jejw Cbrifl wot*
J>ajlard, were charged upon him; which if they were, and that upon oath, that
was a good ground for the report j but if they were not charged upon him, but
other blafphemous words, then Cretenfi tcls another phib, which is the fecond
in order.
5. £ reitttfit pofitively (without faying I was Co informed, &c.) aflerts that
thefe words fpoken, viz* by C»ff-w3 IfChrifl wen upon the earth again be wmld
b« afl>Mned,&c. the witnefle -upon re-examination, and that upon oath before
the Committee of the County waved them : Now how falfe this is, lee but
the Fteader compare the firft and fecond D^pofition of Francit Titiet, who
depofed thefe words againft C*J**t, before three Jufticts, and upon re-exami-
nation, and that upon oath before the Gonrmitree of the County (wore the
fame again the fecund time, and was far from waving it as appears by the exa
mination under the Clerks hand of the Committee which I have fet down ; and
O 2 now
I oo A further Drfiovery of the Errours
now I might fay to the Reader,^f<?;> ta/^this is the third down-right fall, more
then a ftumble5this is a big lye with others in the belly of it-for firft the former
.words were not charged upon fofafsty&rAftcis Ti/let, but only thefe words;
and therefore how could he be re-examined upon that of which he never in
formed, nor was formerly examined ? Secondly, much lefl'e then could he up
on oath wave them ; and for the other words which he was re-examined up
on, he flood to them before the Committee, and is ready to teftifie them ftill
whe.nfoever he lliall be called thereunto.
4. Cretenfis affirms that he who depofed thcfe words, viz,. That if Chrifi
were upon the earth again,&c.} did upon re-examination before the Committee
wave them, as appeaVs by the faid examination under the hand of the Clerk of
the faid Committee. Now I might here fo}yfcore up- this is the fourth word of
folly in Cretenfis confutation; for there is no fuch examination underthe hand
of the Clerk of the faid Committee, but the contrary to it, as appears by that
examination fet down already taken upon oath before Sir Anthony Weldon, <$•<;.
and fubfcribed by Andrew Lydall Clerk Committee. This untruth may well
ftand for two, or at leaft be printed in a Capital! Letter, becaufe he affirms a
grofl'e lye,and a thing quite contrary to truth,to be under the hand of the Clerk
of the Committee.
51.. frcttnfis proceeds upon this examination, that he faw it, which I far? ; I
might here fay, Tally on, this is a fifth phib in this relation; for how could Cre-
tenfis fee that which never was ; but if he faw any fuch thing that Francis Tittet
(hould deny thefe words, he muftneeds fee fomething that was forged by fome
of his Sectaries, to engage him to confute Mr. Edwards Book.
6. Cretenfis further ailerts, that he read this under the hand of the Clerk of
die Committee: I might here fay Crctcnfis ftill advances in his Cretian way,
and this is the fixthjkw; for how could he read that which never was? and I
conceive Cret.enfis will upona review of what he hath written, cry peccAvi, and
fay, J was deluded and quite miftaken.
7, And laftly, the faid Independent confutation and aflertion/or uniformi
ty fake, that it may end as it began, or rather end worfe, by rifing and afcend-
ing in untruths, affirms in the clofe of it, that this examination is forth-coming
for any man to perufe for his fatisfaclion. Now Reader remember the account,
for. this is the feventh and eighth time at leaft, yea theninth and tenth that this
confutation prevaricateth with the truth; for in thefe words, this examination
is forth-coming, there are many lyes. Firft, there is no fuch examination. Se-
coniy, then it cannot be forth-coming. Thirdly, not for any one man to per
ufe, much leffe for any man. And fourthly, it can be much lefle forfatisfadion.
And J much wonder Crttt»fo9 if you had feen and rw_d. an .esamioatign under
the
and Praftifes of the Sectaries. i o I
the hand of the Clerk of the Committee, proving what you here fay, and con
futing this part of the ftory related by me o?Cofensy and that tending fo much
to the fatisfaftion of any man , why did you not caufe it to be forth-coming,
printing it here together with your Confutation? Certainly Cretenfsr had
you fccn and read uich an examination under the hand of the Clerk of the faid
Committee, there can be no reafon given why you flioiild not have printed
that, as well as an Anabaptifts Letter written to an Anabaptift, anda writing
given you from Mr. Burroughs ; furely an examination under the Clerks hand
of a Committee, would have been more authenticall with rationall men to
have convidled my Book of untruths, then a Letter of an Anabaptifticall boy,
&e. and therefore for my part, I am confident, Cretcnfts faw that in the exami
nation brought him by Cofens, which being printed , would have difadvan-
taged his foul-mouthed Confutation of this ftory, either contradicting , or
rendring the whole fufpeclcd j and therefore he fupprefled it , being wil
ling to blaft my Book for the prefent , while it was new come forth, and
much fought after; making account, if after I fliould be able to difprovc
him , yet he could not play his after game , either by pleading miflakes,
and that he was fo informed, or elfe by hisRhetorick and words at will,
wrefting either the examination brought him to thefe word in Cretenfis^ or
elfe thefe words and phrafes of his to the examination; however one way or
other to fhift for his credit, and to wrangle it out , in which fretenjis hath a
wonderful! Art and faculty by his wit and largenefle of confcience , to call
black white, and to make quidlibct ex ejuolibet ; and however Cretcnfis, to
work the Reader to a belief of him in the confutation of this part of the ito-
ry °f C°fens> fpeaks of an examination under the hand of the Clerk of the
iaid Committee, which he faw and read; yet I am confident he knew it
would not prove what he here faith , and my confidence is upon this ground,
becaufe from his own words I gather he had this counter-information from
the mouth of the faid Cofens, and the examination . r • _. .
i L i j r i V-i i r - omen/. $tg . ^o. . TIuj Courier-
under the hand or the Clerk or the Committee inton.atio.i i had fiom the
(what ever it was) was brought him bv Cofens: ?,°rjth °f tlie,faid Cefe»> h^
^, T .' . lelf, andlnvethepaniJtilarsuii-
NOW I conceive that examination under the hand der his hand.-
of the Clerk of the Committee which Cofens fhewed (^rctenji^ he alfo
(hewed, me, which I carefully read, and that in the prefence of three Ci
tizens, in which there was nothing in the judgement of us four to -weaken
this teftimony of Yrancu Tillct^ but rather by that, and the confeifiort
of Cofens himfelf to us, much fell from him to confirm the truth ;ofthis,
and other paH'ages in this ftory, which I prefently writ down as foon;as
Cofens was gone ; and for a need, befides my own teftimony , thofe Ci
tizens
JO2 A farther Discovery of the Errourt
lizsnsrwill bs ready to witnefle alfo the truth of what then paffed • ib that b y
all this the Reader may tee more untruth in one peece of Crctmfis confutati
on. ot the ftory of Co fens , then there are pretended untruth?, made by all the
arc and malice pf.^rcttajpr againft the whole ftory afCofenj • fo that to con
clude this I aske of Cretmfs who is the lyar now > and I fappofe I may more
qtuly apply Greienfis own words a little changed, fpoken agataft me to him-
lelf : doubtlefle the man hath fold hirafelf to write all , and all maaner of un
truths, that.hee can but fcrapple together from what mouths, or tongues,
or p^ns,> he cares not fo they be but Independent in their conftitution , and car
ry any antipathy in them to the honour and good of Presbytery 5 and in cafe
they be but fuch, 'tis no matter if they be Anabaptifts, Seekers, yea loofe
drunken perfons and Blafphemers. Crtteopi by this Anfwer hath proved many
things I fpake of in Gangrtna, all the Sectaries and Blaipfaemers clofing with
Independents, and the Independents with them to make one common party
againftthe godly Orthodox Minifters and people of thefe Kingdomes 'who
are for truth and peace.
3. Cretenjti proceeds to infringe the truth of my Relation of the ftory of
Cofent in five other particulars ; but by this part of the ftory which I have^made
good,and the many particulars wherein I have difproved Cretenfa, efpecially
conlidering 'tis all of the fame complexion , Co/ins information being the fole
ground whereupon Cntenfo goes, ( is he confefles pag^o. ) the Reader may
cafily gueflfe at the reft,and my Authors /with the Records produced, are more
aii:hemick then Cofaif bare n& ; therefore for prefentl ftiallnot enlarge further
upon the thirdjfourth, fifth heads ofCretenfa, butreferve to my full Reply the
whole Relation of Cejem being bound over by the Juftices upon theie blafphe-
mies attefted againft him to the Se(fions,and of his being imprifoned for fpeak-
ing words againft a Member ofjhe Houfe of Commons, dwelling in that coun-
ty,and of the complaint for his blafphemies againft Chrift exhibited to the Re
corder of Rochefter/and of the Recorders binding him to his good behaviour
out of the pious (enfe he had of th£ wrong done to Chrift, and the words he
fpake to him,and of his addrefle to the Committee of Kent for a review of thefe
Depoficions, &c. only there (eems tobefome interfering between the third
and fourth branch tfGritenfij confutation ; Crete*fis denying Cofens to be ever
under any reftraint, or needing any order from any in place, or to any in place
tp releafe Cflfait , in reference to his blafphemies j and yet he faith prefently
after3upon the fight of the fore-mentioned examination taken upon oath before
the Committee, by the Juftices the man was dilcharged : Now I demand,
What was he difchargedfrom/ and whether was not this difcharging of the
man a releafing of the man ? Opertet Crccenfcm efe mmwem.
4. As
and Pra&jces of the Seftaries.
4. As to Cretenfis fixt branch, calling chat part of the relation of Cofas a
loud lying Information : I reply, Tisa mainifelt truch, and will be wicncfled'
by many, that Dew, L<tnm, and Woodman, all three of them have preached in
Cofens houfe,which is (b evident in Rochsfter, fthat as the dayes of the moneth
when they preached are known , foare the names of many of the Audijours
that were prefent : and for proof of it, *cis given me under hand from Koche-
fter,'that Woodman himfelf confeftit the very fame day he preached before a
< Jultice of peace and other vvicncfies, being apprehended by the Officers, and
•brought before him, who being thus con vented, gave it under his hand, thic
* he would never again preach within five miles ofRochetter: and chough
' Cofens i^hh he knowes no fuch man (which we think, upon good ground, is
e a lie,)yet can he deny th.tt Woodman hath preached in his hoiifc ? which is the
' thing aflerred.
$. For that laft part of the relation ofCefent going to M a fterC /<*«/, &c.
for uniformity fake, made a lie by Crete*/*/, becaufe he was (s t upon it to blaft
all for lies ^ I reply, that as the firft pare is confefled to be true, afent going to heare
foistheiaftas true5thoughdenyedj for Matter C^re affirmss, Mr Clare Preacl'-
he faid he would complain of him 5 and let Cofens bethink himfelf what he /aid
of Mafter Ckrc,and he muft confefl^ it. As for that argument Cretenfir brings
why he did not threaten to complain of him, and that the man dares not threa
ten to queftion any whatsoever, becaufe 'da his judgment, none ought to be
queftioned or troubled for their judgements in matters appertaining unto
God : I anfwer, Tis a weak one,and it followes not ; becaufe the Scftariss priii-
ciplesandprac\iccsdonot agree, they pra fifing many things ofcen wherein
they profelTi contrary : How many Seftaries have we in thefe dayes,who plead
fo:-, and profeffe liberty of conference, v/hich yet have noc only threatned
godly Miniiters and Ghriftians for their confcience?,but aftually have brought
them incotrouble,andpnnifhed them feverall waies? Surely Cretenfif, ifyoq
had read Hiftories of the Church, both and :nt and madern, you would hjvs
found H-reticks and Seftiries, asArians, Donatifts, Anabaptifis4 S6apl3
ans, ATaiiniansprofsfTingas Cofexs here does, who yet when they hive had.
opportunities, proved grea: perfecurers of the Orthodox godly Minifters;
and wee well knoxv by many fiirewd fignesand inftances^ &&\f£r*ienj&
and his abettors , who have fo much pleaded for a Toleration, fnal.l come
once to get power in their hands, they will as much tolerate Presbyterians,
as now they will to come into anyplace, office, employment Ecclefiafticall,
Civil), or Military, where 'tis in their power to hinder them. And the re-
fore Cretnfif, you had need bring better Arguments to confute my Antapolo-
,giet( which your Sectaries give out you arc upon )$ orelfeyou will doe the
Apolo-
1 04. A fari her Difcomry of the En ours
Apologifts little good cither in matter of fa#, or in anfwering the argumen
tative part of it.
6. .Or/tt//SV in his animadverfions and inferences rruide upon my relation
of the (lory of Cofcm, not knowing who related it to me, nor the occafion
of the. relation, &c. y.et in the clofe of his confutation of the ftory of C<?-
fcns, moftfalily and wickedly, without fear or wit, brands him who related
orthc-
we
of fcandals and
falfljyods again ft the Independents Without fear ? Certainly, fcretenfis throat
is an of en fepulchre, and the poyfon of aft s is under his lips, what ft, ill be gl-
"jentiKto thec, or what [hall be done unto thcc, thott falfc ton<rue ? Thispadage
againft the godly Miniftcr who told mee this ftory, fils up the meafureof
Cwtenfis Mgz, lying, and evill fpeaking; and hee could hardly have fpoken
more untrue words then thefe, whether hee confider the man himfelfe, or
the manner of his relating it. In one word, the Minifter who related this
ftory to me,ts a reverend, learned, godly, humble, retired man, a man who
hath been many yeers of good account in the Church of God, a Member al-
fo of the Aflembly, and a man far from forging, or feeding him'felfe and
the world with all manner of fcandals againft the Independents, &c. and
this Minifter did not make it his bufincfle or work to tell mee this ftory,
coming to mee, or ever intending to come : but I, going in London upon
myoccafions, this Minifter accidentally being in a thop with a friend of his,
a Citizen whom I knew alfo, I fpake to them as I was going by, and they
to mee ; and fo in the fhop exchanging a few words, the Citizen asked me
if my Book were come forth, or when it would : whereupon this Minifter
and I had fome words about the fubjecl of it, and falling into difcourfe, hee
related this ftory to mee and the Citizen • which when I had it from him,
the laft fheet of my Book being either printing off, or quite printed oft", I
fmt it in a Poftfcript, as the Reader fees : and therefore let all the world
judg what untruths £rctenps hath belched out againft this reverend and worthy
Minifter. But Crctenfis is a man that in all his Writings and Sermons falls
upon all that come in his way, having no refpeclof age, place, gifts, fufferings3
£c. if they be againft his fond conceits and Sectaries.
And thus, good Reader, I have gone over all the particular materiall ex
ceptions made againft my Book entituled Gangr&na , by Mafter Saltmarfo,
Matter FPi/iiyM, 'and fretenjis \ and I doubt not, but by this time, even by
this briefer Reply, every indifferent Reader is fatisfied, how unjuft and
falfe thofe outcries and clamours of lyes lyes, are, and how in them that Pro
verb
and PrMces of the Sectaries. J o $
verb is verified, <*A great cry , but 'a little Wooll : little caufe, but onely the
rage and madnefle of the Sectaries to fee themfelves and their \vaycs fo laid
open in the fight of the Sun. And yet I have not done with my Antagonifts,
but fhall more fully anatomize and rip them up, and further juftihe and
clecr all things excepted againft in Gfir.gr AHA, which being lighter, arc now
patted over, or though fpoken unto, need further amplification and illuftra-
tion. In a word, there is nothing behinde untoucht, that either glances
upon mee, or fpeaks for themfelves and their partie ; but I intend to 'beak
to it fully, and am refolvcd (God fparing me life and opportunity) not to die
in their debt. And J could now play the Rhetorician, and. fpend fomc
kaves in running over all the Errours, Heresies, Blafphemies, Paflices, Sto
ries, &c. laid down in Gaxgrtnj, not fo much as once o^ered co be difpro-
ved, though they be of perfons and things here living, and afled in London,
and ncer at hand, and which Crctcnfis, with all his gatherings,intelligences,ob-
fc'rvatiojis and prefentations from SedariesoiFfeverall fores, Anabaptiftsjnde-
pendents, Seekers, &c. and of fcvcraJl parts in the Kingdomc, Kent, EiVex,
London, &c. hath been able to fay nothing againft ; and might,, going from
one particular to another, triumph over CrettHJis, damping the fuperfcription
of Truth upon them, and ask him, What fay you to the 84. and 8.).Erroufs
Liid down in the Catalogue ? Is it not true that fuch things were preached iiL
London ? Whether is not that which I have related Qfl'aul Bcft true ? Whe
ther did not Matter Burroughs and Maftcr CjrecnhHl preach bitterly againft th*
Petition of many well affecled Citizens for the fctling of Government ? Ancf
fol might goe through hundreds; and of all thofe fads, opinions, pracli-'
ces that thefe three men have not been able (though fo willing) to except a- '
gainft, infcrre, conclude, and fiourifh over Cretenf.s with his- ownc fword.
There is no reafonable man, that coniiders the malignitie, wrath, &c. of Ma-
fter Saltm.irfi, Matter JVahvyn, but efpecially tfCrctenjis, againft me and my
late Book, and the opportunities they have had through their acquaintance
with Sectaries of all lorts ; befides the publick notice given of anfvvcring
me, as appears by the intelligence and particulars brought in to Cretcr.fu from
feverall places, to furnifli him their Champion ; together with the extreme
eager deiire of fi-ctenps taking all advantages againft mee, making matter
of confutation and lies of that which I am confident was never made by any
Scholar in an Anfiver before,(as,r/^ htufc a meeting for Settiiries ; as,thc not be
ing able to put the Nominative cafe and Vtrb together, and fuch like) but wil think
they have fpoke the utmoft they poflibly could againft my Book, and thut of
courfe fome of the things drawn up and reprefented by the hand of Envic
muft needs be falfc : fo that whereas Cmcnfs conceives, thac 4iow in hr.
P Anfwtr>
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4fwtbtr
An.fwer hee ha.th informed the world how many lyes and untrhths there arc
m Gangr«na\'fa truth isr that hee and his feilow-feaaries have done it but
faintly, arid.wit.h the .extrenxe dam mags of tlieir own caufe : for all wife and
unprejudiced men will .acquit ail the othec particulars from, the cfimes and irr^
Ijutationsoflies-aadfalQibod,, .and concjwdc them all true and certain • for
furely, if there had been any hole to have been picked in them, either the
malice, or the wit, or the induftry, or one thing or other <££retimju and his
aflociates, would have found it out, and-not have fpared me : fo that the ve
ry enemies be.ar \\inefle to the truth of the body of my Book, the things that
are found fault with by them being but a fpot here and theje, a.few in cam-,
panfon, (if fpots) and I may fay of all the exceptions taken by my three An-
tagomfts, , fuppofing them to be miirakes, (though I have (hewed- the contrary)
Mat arc thefe among fo many not excepted againft, being bat as gleanings to
the vintage ?
c. ..and; in his laft.SeduM^, winds .up: his Aqfwer in fpeafei
ing to the Reader, that though for thd prsfent hee. hatkgiven kiv&otxlya-tafte
cfMafler^ Edwards grapes, yetfttgicicnt,\nc£ frefameSrto.uavincetke Reader 3
ibat.hto vine is the vine' of Sodom, &c. %M ptt<$effej!rhxf he hath not read one quar
ter of the Book^ M jet, nor knows not Whether ever hee flail care to read it thorart
y no ;• and then labours to poilefle the Reader, that what hee Jfoth-vot axfivet-
d,vther-s \*iU very foortiy ; a few- .dayer (hee .mattes n&qttsftidn) .•'•&$. oive the
leader more light to comprehend the darkv-effc of Gzngryna. ; and prophefies,T^
^ Witt come, and is even- at the do cr^When there Will be fcarct ofo ft one left ufon
pother of all this falfe building., Which Will not he yulid down by the hand of
Trxth : And }^he» the fcrvants of QojLjlati have had the oppwt unity - to Wafo 'off
that-dgrt and filth Which Mr, Edwards hath caji upon them, Ga-»gF2tna Will be
found a firm^et, yea,axd efthe race and linage of that great fcarlet whore, Which
£.or.r^t£th the earth With her fornication.
Re fly. As for Cretcnjis faying, hee hath oncly for prefent given a tafte of
Matter Edwards grapes, implying., hee could feed the Reader with whole
duftersj. and intimating hee hath a great deal more to fay to my Book, as
other pafla,ges exprefle befides this, viz,, pag. 3 8. I prefame that Miftris Gan-
gr^na hath not at yet paid mee the tythe or tenth parj: of her forgeries, &c,
1- anfwer,, I beleeve frftenfis hath faid all hee poflibly could againft Can-
<gr<nn.i ; I doe not think hee left out any thing hee could objedl againft
it :•, Whofoever reads but hisAnfwer, and obferves his rage and heat, his
playing at the fmalleft games,- and picking of ftraws to finde matter againft
iny, Book to fill up fix flieets with, railing and dechming againft it, will
>ot think hee gave but a tafte, or a tenth, But how could Cftfoft %
hee
and Vra&icei of the Se&arier. \ o 7
hee had given onely attfte for thcprefent, and not the tenth part, whenas
hee profeffes truely hee had not read one quaver of the SaoJ^ the n ,' neither
knew Vfhether hec fljmld ever care to read .it therm*' or KO ? Could hee divine
of 'what hee had not read, nor knew not whether ever hee ihould rcade,?
that there was ten times more behinde ? And befides, How could £><?-
tettfis, out of what hee knew not whether hee fliould ever read, promife the
Reader to give hisri , not of.ely a tafte, bu: abundance ? Certainly £rcterf9
meant the far greatefi part of his grapes promiied the Reader, fhould be
gathered by other hands, and be (as hee faith of the particulars deteded
already) obferved by others, and pre/ent^d to him : and after this rate of
the farre greateft part of particulars obferved by others, aiuLprefented to
him, 'us ealie for Cretenfs to give Anfwers ; and I much wonder we have
no more.of them, but that he takes almoft twoyeers to give an Anfwer to
the Antapokpgl*. And no wonder, Crete* fs going upon an impliute faitty
making an Anfwer out of particulars obferved by others, without reading-
one quarter of my Book, not feeing with his own eyes, but making ufe of
a pair of Independent, Antinomian, Anabapcifticall,&c. fpedacles to write
with, the man is.fo much miftakcn, and fometimes takes that to be great
which is little , and that which i^greit hee cannot fee at all. As for than
Grttenfu faith , that hee preiiimes by the tafte hee hath given, hee hath
conunced the Reader that my vine is the vine of Sodom, my grapes grapes
of gall, ray. clufters bitter, &c. I bclccve every Reader who is not bewitch
ed with the Independent Schifmaticall way, is convinced, that /W;*/.c
hath fold enough to fatisfic all men, that his vine .is the vine of Sodom,
that his grapes are grapes of gall, his wine the poyfon of dragons, and the
1 venome of afps, and that generally all men fay of his Anfwer, yea,
(qme of his owne party cry out of it, that it is too bitter : But as for my
$«&#*«* though ofyclhe, the object about which the Book is cxercifed
s the vine X)f Sodom, grapes of gall, poyfon of Dragons, and the cru-
11 venome. of Afps, treating of and laying open the Herefies, Blafphemies
and Prances of the Sedaries, which iixleed are poyfonous and vencmous-
yet>%7;^f the Difcowrfe it felfe, and the way of handling rfiofc things!
ts healing and medicinall to cure the Reader of thofe ftings and poyfons
VThich by eating of thofc fowr grapes of the Sectaries' they have contracted -
and my Book is farre from being like the vine- of Sodom, the poyfon of
dragons, that in writing of it I have plaid the part of a Phyfician, made tf
precious treacle and foveraigne antidote to cure and expell poyfons, by cor-
reeling, qualifying, binding them, &c. laying open the Errours, Herefies, &c.
i evill^ danger, and difcovcring remedies and cures proper for them,
P 2 which
1 08 A further D if c every of the Errours
which, were they taken, and theprefcnptionsfoilovycd,Iam confident would
prove the healing of thefe Nations.
As for Creten/js p{-o£cffion that be hath not read one quarter of the Book as
yet ; nor knoives whether he foiil ever care to rend it through or no : I re
ply, that Cretenlis at once, and in one breath difcovers himfelf to- be both
weak and proud , hefliowshis folly and horrible pride. Firit, his folly;
for what wife man that had reafon and common fenfe, though he could not
ftettnjis pag.io. 24. have * confirmed a peece of L-atitt , write true Englifo , nor
framed the ftrttttttre of a period according to the common rules of Grammar ^
would have writ fo ? and truly this and other paflages in this Anfwer,
confirms me much in that opinion which many undemanding learned Di
vines have had of fretenfis a great while, that he is no judicious rational!'
man (as his followers cry him up) but only a wordy Divine, a multitude
of words, that 'sail; that being true of him which was £ud of Erafmw,
that his writings were verba, non res j but of this folly of Cretenjis, the
Reader may remember what I have written page 3 p. "'of-,. this Book • and lee
€rettnfs ever take me fo writing, and I will ~confefle m'y folly. Seconly,
*Tis horrible pride and arrogancie j what a proud paflage is this , fretenfis
thinks himfelf fo great, and looks .down with fuch difdain upon me, ^as
that he knovves not whether ever he fhall care to read my Book thorough
or no , flighting it as not being worth his reading , nor I worthy to carry
his Books after him ; this fpeech indeed is neer akin to that in page 15. /«,
deed if Indepsndent Minifters had cither the privitedge of eafe to preach fo.
the bare -walls and pewes in their meeting places : The Independent Miniftersr
are, fo taken up with preaching to great Congregations, and with the re*
fort of great pcrfons to their houfes, and with the confutations they are ad
mitted untill mid-night about great affairs- and, particularly fatenjis of
late , as 'tis talked every where \\\ London,, that he kyowes not whether hejhall
even fare to read my Book^. thorough or no , or fhall ever have leafnre to da
it-, but Cretenfsi, let me tell you how much foever you flight my Books
jand care not to read them thorough , as too much below you, yet there are
your, betters for all kind of learning ,, yeers, piety, that care to read tho
rough my Books , and blefl'e God for them ; and though they be of as pier
cing deep judgements as Qretenfttftt. could never h'nd that non-fenfe^yeak^
tteffe of judgement, &c* which Cretenfis fpeaks of fo often. As for that
Cretenjis promifes the Reader, that a few day es (he makes no queftwn) will
give the Reader more light wherewith to comprehend mj dark»e(fe , imply
ing as if more Anfwers were fuddenly to come forth , to dfffcover the
maucrs contained in c/wgr*^ I rqply r a few dayes are pafr,
yea
and Praftifef of the Se&arics. 1 09
veafome week? , between feven and eight, and yet there is none of £reten-
'jis new-light come forth , no Anfwers difproving any one particular in my
Book ; there is a Book indeed of one Bacons come forth, who both in
$e Title page and Book fpcaks of my Go.ngr*na, but he confefles the
truth of what I fpeak of him,t//«. his being put out of Glofter, his be
ing received in a great mans houfe , and his going to BrifoU fmce the
Parliaments taking of it ; fo that it feems by the confeflion of one of
frete'nfis Saints , all matters are not lyes which are mentioned in yan-
gr&nA ; and yet before Matter TSacons Book came forth, I was told con
fidently feverall times (as the report of the Sectaries) that was one of
my lyes, fpeaking of Matter Bacons going to Brifloll, whereas he had
never been out of LonJonCmce the taking of Briftdl : But I fuppofe how
ever Cretenjts dayes are paft , and nothing is come forth to comprehend
my darknefle , yet I make no queftion but this Reply with' the further
Reply coming after will give light to the Reader to comprehend Cretcn-
fis his darknefle. As to that patVage of fretenjis , that the farre great-
eft part of the particulars dcttfled , we re cbfcrvcd by others , and yrefented
to him- I Reply, though I have animadverted upon it already page 19. in
Obfcrvation 9. and alfo in this prefent Section, yet I thai I adde this,
(that befides his great weakneile in taking things upon truft, and ma
ting an Anfwer to a Book out of other uiens collections . himfelf never
reading one quarter of the Book) he here proclaims himfelf guilty of the
great crime and tranfgrcflion which in many places "of hfs Anfwer he
loads me with, and with all his railing Rhethorick aggravates "againtt me,
namely of perfons reforting to him to furnifh him with intelligence , hii
taking up and entertaining of reports , his publiihing them to the world,
wherein befides his contradicting other pafiages in his Anfwer,. as that in
page 6- nor dot I hold intelligence with any m.tn to inform my felf of Ins
halting*, he fhows himfelf faulty in laying fnares of intelligence in ma
ny places, and holding correspondence with feverall parts of the King
dom to receive intelligence, of the mifcarriages and undue deportments
of all fuch as are Anti-Independently given; and if it were not to, whence
comes it that fo many particulars detected and obferved by others , were
prefented to him, and that Cretenfis hath ready by him a yeer ago, a
Manufcript in his hands concerning Matter Edwards himfelf, difeouriing
his jugling; a ttory alfo of a Presbyterian Angel, together with a ftory
of the Doctorate it felf of the Ailembly, yea. that all forts of Sectaries;
and that from feverall places have reformed to Cretenfis with prefents in
their hands towards the perfecting of this goodly w<xrk, as Matter B*r-
1 1 o A further Discovery of the Err our t
roughs , I ieutenant Colonel Lilku'net 'Kifin, Coftns , a friend of Matter
ESis in Landon , &c. being like fb many rivers running and empty in<*
themfelves into the Cretun Sea, where all theie meeting make (<j ma
ny raging waves to beat upon and difturh the Ship of the Reformed
Church; all thefe Sectaries , though diftant from one another, in peaces,
opinions, yet as fo many lines meet altogether in Mafter Goodrryn a-
gainft ths Presbyterians ; and as in this , fo in other particulars wherem
Cretenjts deeply charges me, he himlelf is molt faulty, as in taxing me
with immodeft lafcivious expreffions, for printing a Letter where an im-
rnodeft fad is related (though for fiich a foul offence modeftly expreffed)
•when as Cretenfir , as of himfelf, and as his own words (when free to
have ufed any ether) ipeaks of monthly courfes, &c. more then once,
expreffions moft immodeft and unciviil. For that expreffion oF C'ele*fi* by
that time the boughs of the trees are a Ittle more withered, they u ill be
broken cfF, the women will come and fet them on fire. I aniwer, I
iuppofe by this time the boughs of the tree * inftead of being withered,
doe flourifli more , and are more frefh and green , and do " here bring
forth new fruit 5 and whereas Cnttnfis had for a time caft duft and dirt
upon this tree, my Reply like a good fhoure of raine, huh warned all
off, making it look pleaiantly, fmell fweet, and C'ftenfis Aniwer by that
time I have done with it, it will not only be like boughs a little withered*
and broken off, but like Saint Jades Se&aries, a tree whofe fruit wither-
cth, without fruit, twice dead, and plucked up by the roots. As to
thof e words of Cretenfi/ , 27?^ d*y will corns 3 and if even at tbe do&re, when
there will he fcarce one ftone left ttpen another of dU tbli falfe building , which'*
yvltt not be bttld dawn hy the band of truth. I reply, for all Cretenfis pro-:
phefying of fuch a day 3 and that, even at the doore ; there is no fiixrrt
day yet come, not any hand iince Cretenfis , having pull'ddown oneftonc
from this building, though it be now about two months ago fince CVf-
lenfis threatned this] but the Reader may fee the contrary is fulfilled
this day, and that inftead of pulling down this building of Gangrtnay the
building is enlarged a ftory higher , and in breadth alfo , by the addition
of this fecond part of Gangrtna; and Cretettjir willfinde C/4ngr<ena will bee
fo farre from being puld down , that other buildings of the fame kinde
will bee framed by it ; and this firft ftone laid by mee , or firft building
will prolper into a rowe , a whole ftreet before I and others have done
with the Sectaries , whereas Cretenfis Eabels , built without any founda
tion , and daubed with untempcred mortar, will fall down to the ground,
and be as a refuge for lies, that fails,and is fwept away as the Spiders Cobweb:
And
and Practices of the Sectaries.
And lalifyr, tothof- words of Cretenfa, Wbsn the Jervantf of God JbaJ
have b*d ibe opportttttity to wife ojf toit dirt and fi'tb which Mafter Ed-
wards hub now cjtjl upov thef»y Gangra?na will bs fomd a ftrumptt-9&,\
J reply, The moft of thofe perfons whom I have named mGmgrAn* , I
duritj Hoc fof all the world call them the Servants of God thus publike-
ly as "Cfetenfis doth, left I fhotild be found guilty oMlrengthzningthem
in their wicked errours and practices (bu: of my grounds in this, the
Reader (lull have a more full account in my fecond Reply): and there
for.1 ("meaning it of inch J the fervants of God /ha'l have no opportunity
to wafh off that dirt and filth \vhi:h I have caft upon them ; for they that
ajre fuch, as Chrlyon, Webb, Wrlgbf\ Hicb, Denne , Nichols , L^m^0atst
KtffinjPaltbjtt, A&rfejtf3faney^\Jlti$ Att:tvAy^cum Tn.thii aliufl may fay
with the Apoftle)/<;rz/cn^ oar Lord J*jw Cbrift but tl:ti' own bell'its, and
their own lufts j and by good rvordt and fair fyeechcs deceive the besrtj of
tbefimple^ But ss far fome few, among many whom I have named in
GjwgAm^ as Matter Burroughs, Malkr GrtenfjiH, and fome fuch, it may
be they. are the fervants of God, and Saints, though wherein I have
blamed them , they walk as men , and as carnall , and not as Saints;
and can never wafli off that dirt I have cafl upon them (fois Crttcvfis
phrafe^ without repentance, and that they will finde one d^y, when
they (hall come to be awakened from their wine. And therefore in-
ftead of Ga>tgr<s.ii bei ;g found a ftrumpet, Cretenfa will be fo^nd a
Jyar , and G*n«r£r>j. a chaRe Lady , and true Virgin ; and it will appear
("j doubt not, before it be long^) when the time of the reignc of the
Sectaries fliall be over , and they no more heard of, unlelfe it bee by
way of a proverb and reproach, that then Matter Edvpirds G^gr^ni
(hall be looked upon by all as a witn€{Te of the triuh, even apainftSe-
ftaries in the ages to come, and as a difcovery of the wickednefle and
vileneuje of ihe Sectaries of this tim.\ And whereas Cretc'tijis would
make rrTy ^oo'c ef the linage and ruce of the great iy,}t)re corrupting tbs
eaitby (y-c. Gjugrxna is of a quite different nature, and contrary li
nage , being a great means (through the blefllng of God) of pr^fcr-
ving the eardi trom being corrupted and tainted by the fornications and
poyfonous principles of the Seftaries; the Book doing much good, as
I could prove by pie..- ; received a. Letter Lift wc/e out of the Country fabfcribed
tifull teftimoni.s of v'ub 1° h&rd! 6f Godly Mimslcrnc-iifyin^to my'^o-^. and
let ers written from t&^y^triiteifli^MftpcrfaiKejV&bapriegfttb'iil
, , ft M Ml Kmnt rvhat their ptayerr and endeavours ctta co,:tn-
many par^, as aao b^e tt)t>]ativo',\. ^ Letter fioMa-?<>£vMinifar CM ifvn-
by fpecchcs expreded Klctfiirt wr}tte>i tin <•> M, Edwards Bsy\ jocsyjiich &M I; err.
of:
112 A further Difcovery of the Errottrs
of it.: and if C-ettnfif would confeffe , that's the true reafon hee isfo
offended with it, becaufe it hinders rmking of Profelytes , and To for
want of growing up to fuch a number as they defigre and hope
forj they niay mifle of a Toleration, and fb in the iffue, a Domina
tion, which is fo much fought for by them, And for a conclufion
of my R eply to Cretenfit , I fliarl turne my felfe to fpeake a few
words to M after Gwdrvfo, and to the Reader. Mafter Goodivlv} Con-
ficfer fadly of whit you have done in your Book Cmtcnfa, how you
are become guilty, and have made your felfe partaker of all the He-
rcfies, B'afphemies, wicked prafticcs I have fpoken agdnft,in plead
ing for all (without any diftin&ion ) as Saints, fervants of God, and
fuch like, and fpeaking againft with envenomed malignity that ne-
ceffary ufefull Book as a very peft and plague , which I writ for dif-
covery of Errours and erroneous perfbns, that fo the Saints might
take heed 3 and beware of them-, and in which all godly orthodox,
, faithfull M-nifters doe re Joyce, and bleffe God
'?£SS£, fe i'v0 wretched man. to carry rhings fo,
in Effex bearing *$ V Erronrs would doe no harme to mens
and fo Letters foules , but a B3ok written againft them, th t
out of K^ent to the fam wjn hurt and hazzard mcns foules ; which is ail
tS£9 frm °thcr °™> ^ if a man fliould % Strong poyfon
would doe no hurt, nor kill, but a precious An
tidote will deftroy and mine mens bodies. And now , good Reader, I
defire thee impartially _and without prejudice to weigh Cretevfis objeftions
and exceptions againft my Book, and my Anlwers, and then judge whe
ther I have not wounded, and laid this great Gjlijh of the Sectaries (com
ing out in defiance agiijift the Reformed Chirches) up^n his b. ckj and
whether God, whochufeth the weak things of the world to confound the
things that are mighty • and things which are defp'.led , to bring to nought
things that are of efteeme, hach notirndeufe of me, a man fo vilified by
theSe&aries, a poor weak ikimbk fttltofdttfi, by the wind ftrongly blowing
this thimble full of duft into Cretcnfij eyes, to blinde him , and befool him.
And yet I'havc not done with Cretcnfis, but let the R eader look for what's
behind,^iz. my fuller Rep'y;and what ever in this firft is either omitted,or:
not fb fully fpoken unto, in that he may look to receive more fatisfaftion.
And I no whit doubt, but that, as I have now (by Gods affiflance) madca
good beginning both defenfive and offenfive;fo by the fame good hand up
on mejiliali in the next give fo good an account3that [flial deal with this
daring enemy, as little V avid with Golith, ftand upon him, and triumph o-
ver
W PrAfticts *f the Sctlarits. 1 1 3
ver him, and gfve youfiis head upon the top of my fword : And in my next
I intend to dr*fie him up, and fet him out in all his ornaments and flowers,
in his practices, opinions, and wayes of promoting them ; in all which I
ihall render him and his rjame an abhorring to this and the following gene-(
Nations.
Since CrettnJSs anfwcr, there is a Book come forth, written by one Mr.
Bacon, which Book isanfvveredby one Mr. C.rket, (the man whom in that
Book hee fo often fpeaks of) and it is abroad in print already : What I
fpake of him in Gangr^na, hee in that Book confefles, as his being caft our
of .Glocefter, and his coming to London, &c. fpeaking particularly of that
which I touched only, and but in general! (as the Lords houfe in which hcc
lives.) And bclidcs that, IheareoneffV^ hathan Anfwerin thePrcftc to
what I relate of him pag. 10^,107. which Anfwcr, before it went to the
Prefle>by a providence came to my hand without ever feeking it, or indeed
imagining that ever Web (fuch an Heretikc and Blafphemer) durft have ap
peared in print, or been taken notice of to be in London, for feare of be
ing queftioncd for thofe things I have written of him : But wee may fee
what fad times wee are fallen into, and that the Sectaries are grown fea r-
leflc, that they ((are come abroad and plead their defperate caufe, asMaftcr
Saltmarjb , Watvfjn ; fo now Matter Bacon, and \i-eb • which fymptomc,
among many others, makes mee feare the night and darknetfe is at hand,
when as the wolves and the wild beaftsdare come thus out of their dtns;
whereas when the Sun arifes they go to their dens. The Pfalmift tels us,
Pfil* 1 04. 20, 2 2 . Than makfft d*rkne$e, tndit if night, Jfhen all the bea&s of
thcforreft do crtfp forth. The Sun *rifethtthtj gtther tbemfelves together tand
Uj them dowKc in their dtns. Hence the Scripture cals wolves the wolves of the
evening Zeph 3.3.and look as the Frogs croaking and making a noyfe ufe
to be in the evening,fo the croaking of falfe Teachers refembled to wolves,
the bealls of the forreft, and Progs, prefages the going downe of the
Sun, and night coming. But becaufel purpofc not to trouble my fclfe
with giving any formall anfwer to it by it felfe, I fliall now give theft Ani-
madverfions upon it : Firft, That We: confefles molt of the things I relate of
him ; only hee faith of fomeof them, hee had recanted and difdaimed them;
and I (Kould not have upbraided him, but rejoyced in his convcrfion. But
unto that I reply,- Had not thisff^, fincehis Recantation and Releafe,
both in Citie and Counrrey, vented many defperate things, and gone on ia
his hereticall wayes, Ifhould nevci have mentioned them. Secondly, That
this Web rancks himfelfe in his Anfwcramong the Independents, fpeaking
of mee as being fo againfthim out of my ill will to Independent* j and 1
Q^ find
s 14 A further Eifcweri of the Erroun
finde loh* Bachiler, an Independent, not onely (April 1.1646.) fetting.
his Imprimatur, but helping him in his Anfwer, mending feverall things in
the Anfwer: as for example, For thofe \vords I charge him with, that he
ftiould fay, For him to fay IOCTVM cquAttvpuh Chrift, WAS no robberis ; in his
Anfwer to that, Bachiler helps this Blafphemer, and takes part with him : as
for inftance, whereas w eh juftifies it, that * Gods love is the fame in every re-
efpect unto the Saints as unto Chrift, and therefore a Saint may fay he is e-
' quail with Chriit, and count it no robbery ; \jinev cry rffptEQ is blotted out
by Bachiler. And Web further pleading he might fav, The faints were e-
quall to Chriftj next following thefe wordsof Web^ ^dsl conceive, the word
of God to be my rule,"] there is interlined under Bachilers hand thefe words,
^Provided I meet with afairc *nd candid interpretation of my Vverds.'^ And fo
I could inftance in divers other alterations : fo that we may fee the Indepen
dents will not lofe any themoft blafphemous, Atheifticall heretical! men, but
further them, and joyne with them againft the Presbyterians, licenfing their
Writings,.helping them to conceale, and deliver more cauteloufly their dan
gerous opinions. Thirdly, for that which is related by me in Gangr<tna of
Webt fpeaking fo wickedly of the Scriptures, he denyes it not, but fiich to this
purpofe, How could heefiyfo? for he fhould contradict hirafelfe in other
things which he hath, faid and holds: Rut to that I anfwer, *Tis no new
thing for fuch men as he to fay, and unfiy>afrlrme and deny according to the
Companies they come in, and ad vantages they think they have. Fourthly, To
that which I relate of him concerning thofe expreflions of his, We might not
f*y> God the Father, God the Sonne, God the hoi) Shaft, he makes fome ftiuf-
fiing Anfwer; but I reply, he fpake fo, and I can produce good proof of that
and all the reft. If a Committee of .Pailiiment (bail be pleafed to take notice
of it, and fend for this Web, and proceed againft him upon proof, I am ready
toproduce witnefles, and upon hisowneconfelfion »nd thofe witness to
make proofe. Onely I defire the Reader tcmke good .notice of one expref-
fion in his Anfwer to this head , which fliewes the ignorance, both of
him and Bachi/tr in the very principles of Religion ; and is not 2?*-
thiUr a fie man in fuch a Kingdoine as this, to bee a Licenfer of D{-
vinitie Buokes and Controverfics , who befides that hee is no Minifter,
nor well ftudied msn , is fuch an Ignoramus as this clearely dif-
covers bin to bee? Web faying hee acknowledges the Trinitie, the
Father , Sonne , snd Holy Ghofl , hath thefe words, That hee ac.
\notfleages -the Father is the Sonne, And the Holj Gkoft', and to thtt
pnrpofe ; v/hereas wee are taught from the Scriptures by all Orthodox Di-
though eyerie P.crfonbe Gpdi_as the Father is God,ths Son is God,
*nd Pra8if<s if th Sett tries. 1 1 j
and the Holy Shoft Is God ; yet the Father is not the Son, nor the Father is
not the Holy Ghoft j nor the Son the Father, nor the Holy Ghoft. Now
Bachiler paflfes this, and though he mended rainy other psflagcs in Webs An.
fwer putting in words in fome pl!ces,blotting out words, and changing Come
expreffions for others, yet hee let this pafle without any correction or note
upon it; which no man can conceive to proceed from any thing elfe but pro
found ignorance. And that the Reader may know I fp~ak thefe things upon
good ground, Iperufed this Anfweraftei it waslicenfed with Matter B*-
chilcrs hand, and compared the hand of Imprimatur, lob* Enckiler^ with the
hand where other words were put in, and found it the fame hand, and writ
out with my hand, feverall amendments made by lohn B^tchiler^ which I
havebymee in writing, and then fubi'cribedmy hand under them, with tha
day of the month when I extracted them out of the Originall Copie ; and
one being with cnee, who Was a witnefle of all this, I ilfo intreated his hand
to atteft jt, which hee willingly did : all which I can produce to fathfie a-
fcy iran who defires it.
And for the winding up of all I hare to fay by way of Reply to Mr. Salt*
m*rfy, Mr. GooAveinc , &c. in vindication of my Gangran*, by thk time,
the Reader nity fee what to thinke, if among fo many hundred particulars
which are laid downeby meof Errours, Heretics, Blafphemies, Stories, &c.
with fo much variety, iucht venemous virulent man, picking and chufing,
catching and fnitching, having Intelligence, and great refort to him from Se-
ftiriesofalllorts, and out of feverall parts, as Eflex, Kent, &c, could yet
finde fo few things to queftion in Gungr^nA^ (which yet alfo are juftified and
made good j ) what mud the whole body of the Booke be, which is not fa
much as touched, cither by Cretf*Jtsy or any of the reft? And that which t-
lonemayfatisfie any rational! man that there is too much truth in Gtxgrtna,
is this, that I have nevei been called in queftion to make the things good. I
havebeene informed from good hands, that fome of the Sectaries have had
meetings, confiscations, and feverall debates about my Book, what to doe
in it, whether to compltine, or what clfe; and I am confident if they were
not afraid that things would bee found too true, and very foulc, and upon the
through examination might hazzard the danger of bringing an old houfe upon
their heads, and thcpunifhingof many, they would before this time fcara
tried all their friends , and party , to fee what they could have dona t-
gsinft mce.
Hiving finiflied my Reply to Cretenfis, Mafter Stltmarfl and Mafter tral-
itoin, as before it I gave the Reader a frelh, and farther Difcoverieof Errours,
Heretics, Practices of rhe Sectaries ; So I (hall finish this book with matters
* of
II*
A further Difcwtrie of the Errturs
of that kind, laying downe more Errours, Herefies, Blafphemies, Stories,
Letters, concerning the Sectaries, concluding all with a few Corollaries
drawne from the whole Book. And firft, I fhall add other dangerous Er-
f ours come lately to my hand ; and fo the firft of thefe Errours in this lat
ter part of my Book is the* 23 Errour.
^ That Saints are juftified by the efrentia11 ri§h~
, if in the cattlogus teoufndfe of God, and not by Chnfts obedience.
ef En-oars cantaived in For the full proofe of this, I will give the Reader
ttifrft pa)tof Gangr* - (verbxti»'. to a tittle) a paffage taken out of a Letter
n*,wbichfliptmkfir<l written by a godly Minifter in Briftoll, to a godly
Minifter here m London, wherein this Minifter wri-
ting to his friends that things are prettie well here,
and fpeakmg of his owne preaching there , faith,
O ne ofs the greateft rttbs in the Towne, u the broaching
ofawaderrctfr concerning the juftification of faints by
the ffitntiatt right eottfasffe of God, and not by Chri&s
obedience, which fame do hold, and exprcffc Vfith a "toorlb
of VAnitic and contempt of Chrift.
* •sfttdrfos Ofiander an acute and great Divine,
who lived in Luthtrs time, held fuch an Errour,
though not expreflfed with that vanitie and contempt
both toge her, l put it oitty
and re-fan not th<zty but
Kt/tkt thefe Scours to be*
gin hert at number i?.
tvb'tih othcrwnfe ft/uuld
bavebtsn number 24.
* Op under public £ in
Schola proponitjnos Co
la cfTenthli Dei juftitia
juftos efle : effrntiali c-
•jusvitavivcre vei yidu- of chrifi. as"thefe Sectaries do now; concerning
ros elfc which opinion of Ofi**&r, and the great abilities
that were in him, and his way of managing that and
other opinions, Scho liars may be further fatisfted by
reading Ofeandsn life, written by Melchlor Adamw,
and SckfajfeltfM'gitti in his Catalogue of Heretikes,
D e Sett a Oft a* *V//?.
34. When either of the parties married is afleepe,
the other is free of the bond of matrimony, deep be
ing in a kind natural! death for the time, and by death,
the bond of matrimony is null ; fo that if a woman
fhould have to do with any other man, her husband
being afleep, (lie commit teth not adulterie.
25. That the Apocrypha Books, and particularly
the Book of Efdras are Canonicall and the Scrip
tures, as well as the Canonicall Books generally ow
ned by all to be Scripture.
26. That the people of God are a free people,
and
gloria glorificari j cflcn.
tiali illius charitatc ad
diligendum Dcum &
proximum proptei ip-
fuminflammari, & gra-
-riffimc errare omncs
qui putent aha re quam
folo uno & vivo Deo Pa-
tr«,Filio, Spiritu fanfto
nos pofie juftificari, vi-
vificari, glonficari: &
glacie frigidiora doccre
qui doccant nos tancum
proprcr remflione pec-
c a to rum rcpi-itari ju-
ftos : & non etiam ju-
ftitiatn Chrifti cflcntia-
1cm &divinampcrridcm
^in nobis habitantis, vit.
pag 138,
r o
and Pratfices tf the Sttfar'CS. 1 1 7
and what they do they fhould do freely and voluntarily, and not be a|Tef-
fed and rated by the Parliament, compelled to pay rate upon rate, aiM-
ment upon aflemnent.
27. That the * Saints and Beleevers, who have * TbeSearits wt*c*S
husbands or wives that are unbeleevers, they may put %%%$*$'£
them away and take others, becaufe God gave wives h^inds And Wlvei thlft
to be a meet help, and the Saints are to proceed to wli »ot turn
call of alt Antichriftian yoaks, a chicfe whereof are thtj may leave
,, tKcaufc thej
unequal! marriages. ^^dfo
28.1 hat fin is but a ihadow. te ^ wotf a):t
39. The promiies belong to imacrs as tinners, no another mm wives : I
as repenting, or humbled tinners. . readi** Utter
, .
20. Faith is truly and fimply this, a being perfwa- fy w ^«<fE.l. William
and
j j i rf, ,vf fUmAe. I
dedmortorlefleof<
31. That there is no other Scale but the Spir.t,and ^ ^ ,
^or the elements confccrated to be Signes and Scales Dcarc frifnd$ s a$ yoll
to' as in the 'Sacraments, they are not, but emptie have caft oft* manv An-
things and of no clfcft. nchnft.an yoaks, fo pro-
3?. That Chrdt is Baptifinc to us, the outward ^^a'e^
figne needleefle. cquallnurri.igcs.
2.3. No Chriftian Magiftrate hath power of infil
ling capitall puniftirrient, and taking away of the. life of any member
of a Church, unleQe rirft he be call out of the Church, and io delivered to
the Secular Power, no, what ever his offence fhould be, though murthcr
5 4. That place of Scripture, Her that Maeth mans U'-ul, h «•*» V>*H hi*
lloftd he be fad, belongs to Mofes his Difciples, and not to ChrKts Difuyjles,
and Chriftians have nothing to do with it.
In my laft Book T gave the Reader an account of many of the practices of
the Sectaries , both more generally and particularly : and I inftanced in
twentie eight practices : Now, though there are many more behind, yet be
caufe my Book is -both expected fuddejaly.to come fort h>,aud. is enlarged be
yond my firft intention,! will only inftance to two.
i. They do deny and profefle to many that, they are no Independent?,
no Antinomians, no Anabaptifts, but they are thus and thus,, and will be fo
and fo ; and thefe are but reproachfull names .given out, and caft upon ho-
• ncft, godlv^confcientious men by the Minillers and Presbyterians, as Puritan
and fuch like, were in former times by the Biihops ; and'pf this I could give
the Reader many proofs in printed Books of the Anat>aptifts,[ndcpendent<?5
Antinomians,
1 1 8 A further Djft'wery of the Err ours
Antinomians, as fitch Churches f a Ifly called Anabaptifts, &c. And now there
is never an Independent in England, if you will but take what themfelves
fay, though they be fuch who {tickle, aft, work, vote, and by all wayes, in all
places, where they have any thing to do, promote, (ide with Independents,
Anabaptifts., &c. yet they will confidently fay they are no Independent?,
they are of no Church way, nor know not what it is; nay, fomeof them
will fay they are Presbyterians in their judgement, or atleaftdo wait and
ftay to fee what the Remits of the Aflerribly and Parliament after them will
be ; and yet there is many of thefe men, that let any perfon or thing come
in nomination and competitition, that concerns Presbyterie, and they will
favour, promote, further Independencie (be it right or wrong) and on the
contrarie difcovmtenance, hinder, obftrucl: the Presbyterians, wherein they
juft walk in the fteps of the Hifaops and their creatures, who upon all occa-
fions dfclaimed Popcrie, Arminianifme, and when Papifts and Arminians
were fpoken of, they would be hot againft them, and were againft Popcrie
properly fo called (as the expreflion was) and againft Arr»tfi.m (meaning
thole points /f n»»»i«arheH about the government of the Church) not chofe
of Grace and Free-will, &c. and yet thefe^ Bifhops and their Chaplains pre-
. ferred Arminians and perfons Popifhly affected, licenfed Books tending that
way, brought them oft' when in trouble, would remember thofe who prea
ched againlt Poperie and Arminianifme; and it was obferved, and I have
been told it by a man of place in thofe times, who difliked fuch wayes, that
when the Arch-Bifhop bluftered and fpoke moft againft any Prieft or Papift,
and for the Church of England, then the next newes they were fure to hear
of, was a Releafe ; and whether there be not too many fuch in thefe times,
who will not be accounted Independents, Anabaptifts, Antinomians, that
yet countenance their Books, are familiar with fuch, being all in all with
them, bringing them off when in queftion, fitting hard on the skirts (when
there is any opportunitie) of all thofc who have complained, or been active
againft the Sectaries, I leave to all to judge.
i. Some of the Sectaries when they have been queftioned, and in trouble,
or been by fome Minifters convinced, that they had nothing to fay forthem-
ielves and their way, have' and will do any thing for theprefent, as recant,
confefle their Errours, fay they are convinced and fatisiied, promife never
to <*o about preaching or dipping any more ; and yet afterwards, when
free, and come to their companions, go on in their wayes,both againft their
hands, promifes, profeflions; and of this there are many examples and in-
ftances among us, as of a Sectarie an EmuTarie fent into Northamptonfhire,
being for his Docltrines, feparated meetings, affronting a Miniiter in the
Pulpit,
and Pratfiets oftbc Sifi*rit$
Pulpit complained of by fome Minifters, and qucftioncd by the Magiftrates,
gave it under his hand to forbcare hiscourfe, and return home ; yet after
wards goes to other parts of the Countrey, and dravves the people into
houfcs, preaching to them, &c. So fome Sectaries of L*m* Church, or their
great Aflociaces, coming into Etfex,to corrupt the people ; and fome
Minifters dealing with them upon fome of their Tenets, convinced them lo,
as that they openly bicffed God for that dayes work, and the light they had
received, even weeping for joy ; and yet prefcntly afterwards going on
their progrefle to ftduce at another Town in the fame Countie (tome hint
or notice being given of their late conviction) they faid they wept to think
how nigh the Minifters were come to them ; and fo I might give mftance m
Cl.-rkl^ profcfling againft the dipping to get out of pnfon, and as loon as
he was loofe turning Seeker; and fo in "-b ; but I muft take oft' my hand ;
only this fulfils what is fpoken in the Scriptures of Herctike?, Th it thrj h*vc
tkiir can, at ^i a i t*rtd *>nh an hot von, «n4fin)kct»£C9>.demMed cj thfVtfttvfr.
tsf RtLtisn »f fomeftorict.andothfr rrm nr^
eorccrnirg the Setts ana. Scftarics.
THerc is an Independent Antinomian Libertine Preacher here in London,
a'man much followed and cried up by the Scdari^^ho in Sermons
hath delivered thefe paflages, T^t a foore pfy#e*n*fi r, trApWf dntnk^rd
wnot look into your Lurches (fpeaking'of the PKsbytcrian Preachers) hut
lofbfrc mnft bcfijfhedand throwne in their f*ccs. Th*r if a Stint fault com-
wit atroff Jin, andupontkt commit fix^ th'reof fbotttbe fitrtl'd at it, th*t
Were a ^reat fm in him ; And in obedience to this and other Doctrines of
forae of the Seclarrcs of our times, I will give the Reader fome inftances
both of words and facls.
There is a godly underftanding man,in old Difciple,who told me on April
18. 1645. That having a daughter, a young maid, religioufly afteded, fliee
was drawn in to affed the Independents, and to cry them much up, and to
follow them, and fhec procured her felfe to be fervant in a family of fome
rank and place, where the Matter and Miftrefle are Independents : Now be
ing there,, (lie expected fome great holinefle and extraordmaric ftrictrrefle in
the family ; but Ihe found matters thus. On the Lords day they were verie
loofcv in the /ore-noon they would go to heate Mr. fr^r at White-Half,
(as not living far from thence) but in the after-noon iby athome, and fome
other Independents und Sectaries rcfoftlng thither on the Lotas day in the
after-noon, they fpent it in common difcourfe, making no more of it than
4Hher daycs ; a great pirt of cheir difcourfe on the Lords day being railing
againit
is'o A furtfcf Dift&vttfe of the Errors
-
againft 'theTcots, and agamftfom'ebf ourMinifters, and the books written
againft the Sectaries ; and 'Tome.men (whom a man could hardly have
thought it .of} would curfe the Scots, facing, A pox upon the Scots, would
they were/|one^ werwouid .giy^ tjbem'aiiylti;ing to: be rid of them, and pay
them alUhrmoin 'time.?' m^'erfons of note of the Independent
.
Faction- did often refoit to this ho ufe, and ftill they- would fpeak moft bit
terly and baQly of our Brethren pf Scotlartd":. The Mafter of the Family
would be often attempting to kiil'e this young maid, \vatching her upon
this wickedne'lfe, and fin agaiiift God ? Vnto whom this Gentleman the In-
<dependent(and an Antinomian too furely)replied, ^That God faw no fin
in his children, that thefe were but fins in the.flefh, which Chrift had fatisfied
for, with other words to that purpofe. One time this man tempting '-her,
threw her all along, fo that flic -was forced to cry out,and her Miftretfe came
in to her refcue, and faid, Fie husband, will you never leave thefe tricks ?
whereupon the maid would not ftay, but came away, and when her father
heard it, he would .not indure fhe fhould ftay any longer, but had heraway
prefently • andjo'this young maid is converged from being an Independent
and Sectarie, by beholding their carriage andMtfofeheflfe, blefllirg God-fhe is
delivered from that way and thdfe perfons : fhe had thought the Sectaries
had been fuch holy perfons, 'that there had been none like them, till fhe faw
both that family, and many who reforted thither of the fame way, fo loofe.
This godly Chriftian tells -nie, Thathis daughter is ready to take her oath of
the truth of thefe things which ftie hath'both feen and heard, and'with ma
ny circumftances hath declared to him,, as the names of fuch that reforted
thither, that fhe never knew nor heard of before, with other circumftances;
and that he believes them to be fo true,as that they are paft all queftion.
There is a Sectary, an Independent Antinomian Taylor, who ftealing a
whole yard of Plufh from a Gentleman, and fome yards of Sattin from an
other, and being found out in his fin, and convinced , fo that he could not
deny it ; fome ipeaking to him how forrie they were that fuch a man as he
Should do thefe things; he replied, (as I had it from twohoneftmen of
good account) to this effect, that he was troubled for them to fee them
iorrie, but as for himfelfe, he was not troubled.
One of the followers of Mr. Simffon the Antinomian, faid it in the hear
ing and prefence of divers (Mr. Simpfon being then alfo prefent ) That if a
of (jod jbwtt commit murder fa ought not to repent oj u> and Mr. Simpfon
never
PrAtfiees rftbt Sc fit tries. 121
rever reproved him for it, though by one prefent in the company he was (po-]
ken unto to doe it.
An AntinomianPreacrer preaching in London onaFaftday, faid, It
better for Ckriftiws to bee drinkin* in a» A/e-hoftft, «r to be in A
then to he kffP'"£ fafls I'&^'J-
Many Sectaries have laid/that when David lived in »dulterieand murther,
even before his repentance Sic was as deirc in the fight of God as ever he was
at any time.
There is one Samuel Oats a Weaver (a man I hive fpoken of in my for
mer book, and in this tvojage i o.) who bt ing of LAWS Church, was lent out
js a Dipper and E.i'ifiary into tht: Countreyes : Laft lummer I heard he went
FisprogrcfTcinto^rr^ ard Srtfcx, but r/ow tbi; yearcheii fcntout into
f.ff>-x three or fotire months a^cyand for many weeks together went, up and
downe from place to place, and Towne to Towne, about Boehent Brnintry,
Tarllr.g, ard thofc parts, preaching his erroneous Doctrines, and dipping ma
ny in rivers ; this is a young lufty fellow, and htth traded chiefly with young
we men and young maids, clipping many of them, though ailis fi£h thtt cpunes
fohisnet, and thjshe did with all boldnefteind without »il controul for *
tr attcr of two mcneths : A gcdiy Minifter of Eftx coming .cut of thole
puts related/ hee hath baptized a great nuir.ber of women, and that they
\vere cali'd cut of their beds to go a dipping in rivers, dipping manic of them
in the night, fo that their Husbands and Mailers could not keep them in- thtir
houfts, and 'tis corr,rr,cnly reported that this Outs had for his pains ten (hiir
lings Jpecce for dipping the richer, and two {hillings fixpenct for the poore";
he came verie bare and meane mioSfex, but before hee had done his work>
was we!! lined , and growne purfie. In the cold weather in M^.rck^
heed'pped a young woman, one Ann Mtrtin (as her name is civen in to
me) whom he hi Id fo lorg in the water, that fhe fell prefeotly Hcke, and hec
belly fwcld with the abundance of water ilis tock in, and witri : a foitnight
or three weeks died, and upon her death-bed exprtfled her dipping to be the
caufe of hsr d^ath. There was another wcmin alfo whran he
*$ is godly Min-iicr thatcsmeoutof thofepirts, ai';d had bctne at
related to me fiom 9 good hind, whoni after he had baptized, he bid her
and fliegjped, arrd he did blow three^mes into her mouth; laying, word; to
tl i • purpo'e, Cither receive the holy Gkcftibl rUAV* thott: hift re&ive/i the h?/
Gk-ft. Atlalt for hi> dippirgone who died lo presently alter i?, .and oth
n ildcrresnorstheiiian was q'Jedioned in the Cour.trey , s; d bnfird ove
to the Sefli -ns at Chcmford, whtre /sprill the fevsnth, \ 636. ihi.. O<:t
icl«(bn I-ho.w ip/ftkc-tj froai ihr':e p^iium that
122 A further Difcwery of the Err ours
eare tod eye-witnefles, two godly Minifters, and the other Gentlemen of
great worth and quslitie, viz,, that Oats being brought before the Bench, the
Coroner laid to his charge, that in March lift, in a vaie cold feafon ,' hee
dipping a young woman, fhee prefently fell lick and died within a ftiort
time, &nd though the Coroner had not yet perfected his fitting upon her
death, all witneffes being not yet examined, nor the Jurie having brought
in their verdict ((b that the full evidence was not prefented) yet the Bench,
upon being acquainted with the cafe, and other foulc matters alfo being
there by witneiTes laid againft him,committed hicn to the Jsile at Colchefter :
It was laid to his charge then, that hee had preached againft the Afleflftnems
of Parliament, and the taxes laid upon the people, teaching them, that the
Saints were a free people, and iliould do what they did voluntarily, and
not be compelled; but now contrarie to this, they had iflcfrnent upon af-
ic ffment, and rate upon rate. Some paflages alfo in his prayer were repeated,
as that hee prayed the Parliament might not cut the Ark, nor meddle with
making Lawes for the Saints, which JefusChrift was to do alone. Since
Oats commitment to Colchefter Jaile, there hath been great and mightie re-
fort to him in the prifon, many have come downe from London in Coaches
tovi(ithim,asa godly Minifter who came out of Eflex told me : Andlhava
a Letter by me from a Minifter in Colchefter, fent laft week to a friend of his
in London, wherein he writes thus ; Oats the isfnabaptift hath had great re-
fort to him in the C 'aftle, Iteth of TOTVH and Countrey j but the Committee or"
tiered the contrarie laft Saturday.
There is ono Collier, a great Seftarie in the Weft of England, a mechanicall
fellow, and a great Eoiiftuie, t Dipper, who goes tbout Surrey, Hatnpfhire,
and thofe Counties thereabouts, preaching and dipping ; About a fortnight a-
go on the Lords day he preached atGuilford in the meeting-place, and to the
company of one old Mr. Clofe, an Independent Minifter, who hath fet up at
Guilford, and done a great dealeof mifchiefe, having drawn a way many of the
well-meaning peeple from the Minifterie of thofe godly Minifters, whom be
fore they much prized; there this Co&Vrexerciled, and it was given out in
the Countie he was a rare man, and the people came from the Towns about to
heare him : This fellow, in his circuit, at an exercife Where he was preaching
to many women for rebaptization and dipping, made ufeof that Scripture to
thatpurpofe (as it is reported) 7/5,4.2. t^ndin that day feven women jbaH
take hold of one man, faying, Wee VviU eat cur writ bread, and tyearc our otvne
apparett : only let us be called bj thy name, to take away eur reproach. And
truly, it is a fad thing there fhould be fuch EmifUries (fo like the Devil! theic
compsfling the earth, and going sbout fecking whom they mayde-
vouvc)
»
Prt&ffes oftbc Sc ft vies.
voure) in the levtralipsrt> t-ttnc Kingdoaie, North, E ft, Wvft,tnd South,
notont pirtfrte; f >r the Ejttsn:! Snuih, we who live in their parts know it
fuih ,£-r London, Kent, the Afl" ciitr.d Counties. Astbi the Well (b fidc-s
thisinltanceotr.o^rj Irtc wed a Letter out of Do'letflwr, <ntcd v*Vt&
15. written by a godly Minilttr rrom thence ; Sir, 1 amnot ytifimtfb dt»my
mind With particulars of that nature jo* expeft ; 1*1 Wiih thr htlp of my fel
low- Minifters in ih-fe pirts, J faff fend them to you ixantx*8 Hifltri* of i>ur
Wefttrne cotfkfont. Ard foi tf-c North, bcrfide* many iultanccs I could give
youofr HuU,Btveile>,Yoik,Hilht«,&c. ot Independent C-huichcs gathered
there ,tr dot many Anibaptifts and other Stflaries in thofe places, I (hill only
defue the Reader to mind thefe three or four line* written to me troni a coua-
trey fiirther North : / received the books fcnt me, andfltxlimuke the be ft ttfc 1
ctnofthem; the «nc 1 kf'pfor mine ovtne ulcy the other I plcafftrt fritnds With
(and truly never more r.ccdin our Cottntrej • ) fir Where* \ormf ly rvee *>a»~
tedthc Miniftcrie, ntw free hwe (uchvArietie tndftrifc tjasngft them> that
truly I kyiorv *ot What Will he come oftu.
A perfon of qualitie and a godly man told me (April 15.) meeting me ac
cidentally in Weftminfter Hall, that (faith hej juftnow, neerethcHoufeof
Commons doore, I had difcourfe with a great Sedaric (viz. one of Wrights
Difciples, and prefently the man cime into the Hall with another great Se-
ftarie, and he (hewed me him : ) and the difcourfe was as f ollowcs, That he
would be loth the Parliament Jhtxld bring Paul Beds bloud upon them for hi*
denying the Trinitie. Whereupon this (Bentleman anfwered him,that he could
prove clecrly out of the Scriptures aTrinitieof Perfons. Vnto whom this
Stftirie replied, Ho-» witty** prove t he Scriptures to be thevrtrdof God? and
this Seftarie rcatoned againft them, faying, there were t wcntie fe verall Scrip*
tures, as many as Tranflatiom, and Translations are not true ; for fo the
Priefts will tell ut, that this is not rightly tranfltted : and for the Originals
there are divers Copies ; befides, I cannot underftand them, neither is it my
fault that I do not : In fum, the man reaioned there was no Religion at all
in the Kingdome, but all Religion he knew of was, T»dojufllj, tndbcmer-
fifuff. Vnto which the Gentleman replyed, The Heathen they were juft and
merciful, and therein did as much as you. This Seftariere- joyaed, For ought
he knei*, the Heathens Wtre (ttvedti well At any now.
A godly Minifterof the Countieof Middlefex told me ( April 16.) that
there was a great Scftarie and a Souldier, becaufe he had perfwaded a family
that he was well acquainted with, and where the Seftarie much reforted,
tocafthim cff, and to have nothing to do with him; this Sedrarie concei
ving it to come from this Minifter^ when this Miniftcc came downe one day
R 3 tO
••'• -• • I ,,,
A'ftftfa Difcwery of the Errors
:
w^c^in^
™H'^ fafeinhis houfe, and *s hee«.,ein love to hi.n, fo he ewoaW
*nd let him returne home in fafttie5 whereupon the
of the houfe fent out a ferva it to him to be gone, for this Minif
nng to fay to hioi- andss tbcfervint was going, th»Scdirii
todycomeiri: whereupon the femnt asked hi*, why' hee came in
Without bidding ; hee. Kplyed , to fpeak with Mafter .... /upon th.Tthe
fcrvint csaght mm by the colUr, and laid hee (hould not . the MdfcrKari™
them buttle together, heewentou^, ind his wife followed to oppofe hr
and mconclufion having his knife before ready by his fide, hee reached it «
pare the dirt off his fliooes, to fhake it cff .gaioft that houfe beciufe th ,
would not receive him, as making himfclfe an Apoflle: and when hee had
done fo, he departed,
There is one Miftcr 'D*™ee,.* Prcichcrit Sandvvichin Kent, a bold con-
ceitedman, and an Independent, whofincethe beginning of this
was a Wafhing-ball-maker, or feller of wafhing-balls herein I
now turned Preacher ? and b^g never or^ined Minifter, hath
ftimfelfeto_be oneaf the Pn^ of the highphccs : Among many ftigh tf-
fefted ftrames of ftew light, aad ftrange acpreiTions, which the I man ufL
in his Sermons, pra>ers, to get him^Ifeanameby, w*.of • Wiflun- bal[
maker to become fuch a rare msn, thefe are fome ; Hee prayed to the frinit T
to take are or cure of theie three Kingdomes, God the Father to take are of
one, God the Son of the fecond, and God the Holy Ghoft of the third Kin?
dome : he pray edalfo -for JefusChnft, that God would, &c
A godly Minifter in NorthamptonOiire told mee (Aprii'iy.) that there
was a Seftarie in his-Parifli, a Yeoman, who hath faid it to him and to manv
^5» t^t^wthetimeiscommg, when wee fliail all have and bee alike^
I fhill have as much sftate as fuch a Knight, naming a Knight c
great efhte in- that Couatie, one Sir ^. ^, Th Sedaricalfo hold? there
is no Hell.
There is a godly Minifter in Effcx, who related this ftorie to me ( April 6 \
intheprefenceof aMinifterof the AfTembly, and hee who told it mec had it
e roans owne mouth, whom this Mioifter knoweswell to bean ha
neft godly man : This man/viz, oneMafter e^. living at R. in Eiiex a godlJ
reU-iousman, and in old icquiintiacleof Matter Sktir. Sjmpfon, coming up
to
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to London, and meeting with M.^rw^»,itrong other difcouTfe,asked him if
hee might ccrreto his Church, and whether the Sacrament of the Lords
Supper would beadminiftrtd the next Lords day, and whether hee might
come to it: Matter Sympfon anfwered yes, hee had the Lords -Supper, and
hee rnighi come ; whereupon this Milter A. went, and after Sermon ftayed
with the reft cf the company to partake inthe Lords Supper, and joyning
with them, received the brad; which when hee had received, there were
feme of the Church- members begin to take notice hee was none of theit
Church, and there was a great ftir and muttering about it, and they told
him they admitted none tutof their Church- way : whereuponthis religi
ous man was not permitted to partake of the Cup, but was glad to with-
draw, the Independents dealing with him (though a godly man, and a vi-
(ible Saint, bcciulehee was not one of their membets) juft as the Papifts
do with the people, allowing them the Bread, but not the Wine. When all
wtsdcne, this Matter c/^. went to Matter Sjmtfon, and fpake to him, fay-
ire; Sir, Did not you tell mee I might come to the Lerds Supper at
ybur Church ? Matter Sympfon replyed, I laid you might come, but not
that you might receive. Vpon this bufineflo the honeft man was mucfi
troubled, and for their adininiftring the Sacrament to him after the PopifK
rr.anner, they have loft aProfclyteof him, thishaving quite turned him off
i-rom the Independent!.
The fame Minifter at the fame time related it to mee forcertaine» as a thing
not only knownetohim, but to many in theCoumieof Effex, that a com
pounded Stc"larie,anAnabaptift, &c. whofe dwelling is at Cattle- Henning-
ham, preached at Chelmsford in a houfe where (as a common fame goes) there
ivine and women good ftore ; and as he was preaching to the Sectaries, there
tame by the houfe a kind of a wild Gentleman, who was fpeaking againft the
Presbyterians, and this man was brought in to the meeting wruleil the Se-
ftarie was preaching ; and as in the verie midft of their preaching there was
wine andliquour, drinking to one another, fo before they parted there was
ecod ftore of ir ; this wild Gentleman for his part fpending about foure fhil-
lings, who when hee wascome away, meeting fome Gentlemen and others,
commended the men for honeft men, and praifing their meetings, fjjd, Why
fhoald they not have the libcrtie of thtir confciences ?
Tb* Sum of A Scrmenpretckedbj A Sf&.irtf, and of feme
Conferences with Seftoricr.
W-yeirsdav,/^.!. 1*45. a Surgeon belonging to the Army prea
ched at ene Goodman Belters of Bcr.c, a To woe ia the Weft, on Collof. 2.
out
A further Difceven of the Err ours
out vfverfj hrobferved, All the Saints dutie is to believe and be thankfull,
(he enlarged) Where's the humiliations, repenting* for finne which your god-
lv Miniftcrs (you fiy) have taught you. ? Ojt otvcr.i^ hee obferv ni, ^The
Jmid-wriringof ordinances, the ten precep?s faire written by the finger of
C5od, altogether taken a wsy. Qaver.iti. hee obferved, N^w Moons, Sab
baths, meats, drinks,, empty tning* ; Sabbaths not to be obfer vcd, irndowef,
snd fince Chrifts coming taken a way : he faid, we had deceitfull Miniftery,
Sacraments, Ordinances, meats and drinks, though their learned godly Mini.
ftcrs had told them, that when they had confecrated them with their iandifi-
ed garments on, they were holy, and were to be given only to thofe to whotn
they pleafed, yet empty, and rfndowes too. Afterwards, being asked what
foe meant by thefe meats and drinks, whether the elements confecrated to bss
fignes and feales to us in the Sacrament : He faid,he knew no feale but the Spi
rit; and for thofe things, they were empty things, and of no effcft. Out of
vcr. 11,12. That ( there being three things in Baptifme , a death , buri-
tll,and refurreclion) Chrift was baptifm to us, and the outward fign needlefle.
The fame perfon in private, in the houfe of a Reverend godly Minifter,
Mafter R. in conference a iTer ted, That thereis no Sabbath to bee kept fince
Chrifts fulfilling the Law, fince no command for it in the Gofpell. He being
urged with places out of the Old Teftament and fourth Commandement : Ha
1 ^nd t Captain,and one Lievtenant 7. affirmed,thofe belonged to the Jews, not
'to us. i. Being urged in point of prayer for forgivnefle of fin with the Lords
prayer: The Lievtenant faid, that the Lords prayer, when Chrift gave it to
his Difciples, was fpirituall to them, but it is not fo to us. 3, The fame Liev
tenant being urged with Z> avids praftice of be wailing fin, and craving pardon,
anfwered,D<tv«/ was under a double covenant, of the Law, and of Grace;
we only under that of Grace : and though a belie verfhould commit as great
finsasDrft/^, murther, adulterie, there was no need for him to repent, and
that fin was no fin to him, but a failing, 4. The Surgeon and the reft being
told by fome parties prefent, that they would believe that which their godly
Minifters had taught out of the word : he anfwered, he doubted whether yet
the word had been taught or no. Then the Surgeon asking what the word
was: being anfwered, The Old and new Tcftament ; he replied, He doubted
whether thofe were the word or no. Then being asked what was the word g
fee anfwered out of lohn i . i , and told us, he knew no word but that
Item, This Surgeon and a Q^artermafter-generall to the Regixent having
•onference with one Thomas Spere a Papift, asked him, How long he had ab-
Vented himfdfe from the Church of England ; it was anfwered twenty yearst
They commended him for it, snd told hioa they had done fo too, and were not
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themfelves of that Church. And hearing from him of fome of his opinions,
they told him by way of encouragement, '§CIT- he faid well, and was able to
fay more for his way, then all the Presbyterian Priefts in Dorfetfliire. Liev
tenant 7. being asked what he thought of the Directorie ; anfwcred, He«
thought of it as of the Common- Payer, and of that as of the Mafle. Beir>£
likewife asked concerning the Aflembly of Divines ; he anfwered, They were
moft part of them enemies to Chrift and his truth. That Lievtenant 7. and an
Enfigndenyed all ecckfiafticall Government. Item, Lievtenant 7. faid, hee
iought not for the Parliament, but for liberty orconfcience,and not for Refor
mation. Item, He affirmed, that he thought daies of publike Humiliation need-
leffe, and unlawfull, and would not obferve them. Item, Concerning Prayer;
That we muft not pray morning and evening, but when the Spirit puts ejacu
lations into us; for that were to make prayer an IdoU.
This Sernnen, and thefe Conferences are fubfcribed by the hands of godly
perfons,two witneflls,and I have them in my hand to produce, but forbeare
the printing of their names, becaufe I know not what prejudice may come to
them by fome fouldiers that may go that way.
There is one «x/. a Shoemaker not far off Tower- ft reet, who fpeaking of
the Aflembly, faid, ££3r* There were butfevenin the Aflembly that ftood
for God, all the reft of them were for the Divel: An honcft godly man brought
this fellow before a perfon of quality, and in Authority, for fpeaking thefa
words; and at firft this man denyed it: whereupon, he offering to fetch tv.j
jyitnefles to prove it, the man confeffed it, and faid, he had fpoken raQily.
The Sectaries have within this two years laft paft, efpccially this laft yeerc
fince the Vidory at Nafeby , abufed (in the moft infolcnt and unheard of man
ner, and that all kind of wayesj all forts and ranks of men even to the higheft,
both particular perfon?, and whole Societies that have but any way appeared
sgainft them, or they think will not be for them, as the King, Parliament, the
Kingdome of Scotland, the City of London, the Aflembly, all the reformed
Churches, the City Minifters, particular Minifters, and other Chriftians, and
is in their printed booke, Sermons, Spcecches, fo by affronts offered Minifters
in Churches, Pulpits, and feyerall other wayes, and that in the higheft unfuffo
rable manner that (confidering all things together) ever was in any age fince
the coming of Chrift : and for the proofs of this, i man might make a large
bocktofetdownethepregnintundenyable inftances and particulars in this
kinde ; and a man would wonder what (hould be the myfterie of it, and no
queftion many do (though for my part, I doe not) that this lift yeare, fi
not only the Aflembly, but the Honourable Houfes of Pailhment have vcr* 4
the Presbytcriall Government, declared to the world they will fettle it, ma a
divers
1 2 8 A further Difcwcn of the Err our s
d'f-rs O'diii v:e> for it andsbojt it, thit ever fines the Presbyteritl Govern-
f i.-rv, all rh.=? P^TS, At; and Friendsof it hive beene written, pleached s-
gr i-l fii ai j c-j n re- cnc;i ev.jr ; ye* j^iloufias, falfe reports, calumnies rai-
fed, M-.rifh d, fanemed, ini yet n;.jv^r any of the Seftiries exemplarily
pj;; fh. d, >: their L;b?ls and d jfp-ntc Pamphlets everpublikely cenfured (as I
ff.nl arn, ) or efF..t nil courts ufcd to fup^reff^ tKem;but let the men or the
(noks b* vvhst they \viil,»bjfe wh-j:n they will,PirIiifnent, &c. fo that they
d j b-it abjfe th^ Pfflsbytcrisns,and the Pi'esbyterial Governnnent,and plead for
thcljvil pendents and liberty ofconfcienci, all is well enough j my, not only
fo, but (ome fuch baokss arelicenfed, aid foais perfons kno ivn to be moft dcf-
peittely oppjfitetothe Presbytadan?. to the Covenint, to our Brethren of
Scothni, the Aiftmbly,totieg>dly Orthoalcx Minifters, the men in great
reqjeft, walking boldly in Weil :ninfter-h ill j at the Houfe of Commons door
dxiiy, fi'-niliar with Coma Parliamant-msn, preferred to phces of truft, and
honour, having fivjur in things wherein other men can find none; yea, have
been able to do thofe thing? for themfelves, and fuch as they appeare for,
which otherwif- were nev-t likdy, or not fo quickly to have been eflfc&ed.
An J in things done by the Se&Ades agtinft petCons a&ftdd to the Presby te-
liail Government (though in the way and mincer of doing them) if Presby
terians fhouid do (o,it were a great breschof P.iviiedgeof Parlitinent, and an
arraigning their Ordinances ; yet in the Se&iries 'tis nothing, nor we* never
heare of anie fuch complaint or words made of them : For inttance, Haw ms-
nie Votes, Orders, O.dinsncesof Pirlia-nent have beene fpoken againir, writ
Ev^ainft, ads done point-blink sgiinft the Lstler of them ? not humble Peti
tions tnxde to reprefent the State of thhgs, and to defire fo and fo; but down
right railings and fcoff.s, orelfe taking cognizance of things whiltft before
ike Houfes, and in debate : As for exicnple, The Affecnbly who fits by Ordi-
nsiiceof Parliament, have they not been fearfully abufed, fcorned by thofe
B ioks of Arrtii^n-msnt of Per feoutiw, Martins Ecchsy & \ and now lately by
a Bsllad made of theaij having a firfiand fe<ond part, wherein they are fccflLd
with th£ tiile of Blackbird Divines ? The mme of the Biilad a'gainft the Af-
fembly of Divines is cslbd, A Prophecie of the Swineherds defirtiRiox, To thff
iuneoftkemsrry Sottldier,ertbejwU& Tinkfr ; and two men pidured at
the uppw-r end of it, with theinicription of Sir John P*eskj/tfr*nd Sir Sintoa
«5>»W. This Bsllad ctils the Aflembly Swineherds, ftirh,', <f^lBefe Swine
herds they are fir ting to build old Bsbelis Tower : A.^d in this Balhd thcZ>/-
rettory njsdj by the Aflembly, and eflablifeed by Ordinance, is (coff^.d at, and
£-he Aflkmblv i brought in, and jeered at for b^ing agtinft Anabapti(h,;Brow-
, Independents: .and they srs in that Ballad call'd Baals P^ieils, The Af.
fewblks
Petition to the Parliament, whileft it wa* in debate before 'the
Houfcff,bt fore they cime to give their fenfe of it,* S*h-
.M* (the .nmgr.m of whofe n,;ne is to , tiule,
M* if* trajbj tikes not ice or it, prints a great pirt of
it, prejudges and anticipates the Determinations of the Honourable Houfc of
Commonsyand ufes the Aflembly veriecourfely. Therein pamphlet called
«xf Letter of Advitf unto the Mixiftert trembled at Wcftminftcr, with fevc-
TtH Q**Yes recommended to their faddeft confederations, wherein the Aflcm-
bly is not only tbufed, bat threatened, that if they give advice to the Parh'j-
ment againft a Toleration of Independents, they are ib many in number, that
the Aflembly fhtll be chajrifed AS eviS Couvff lours, diftnrbers of Church and.
Statft nt If ft ttrangrttt Strafford, or little Canterbury. In the cifc of Paul
u
and under debate, comes out a Pamphlet ccnlurmg
their proceedings againft him, as fearing what the
fentence may be ; in averting the poffibilif ie of an
Heretikes repentance fo long as hee lives, andfuch
as do any waves canfe him to die in herefie, as much
as in them lyes, do effeftually damne him eterntlly :
and confequently, that Paul Bef, (whatever his
errour be at prefentj as well as Punl the Apoftlc,
once a Blafphemer, may one day become a Con
vert, if he be not untimely (tarred to death before
hand. And to give only one particular inftance
more : There is a * Book lately come forth about
the fixth of this moneth of May , called Tender
Co* ft tenet rtliiitttfly tfe&ftl, fearfully abofing and
defcanting opon all the Ordinances of Parliament,
in reference to the Direftorie, Ordination of Mi.
nifters, and Church-government, leaving out
none but the laft Ordinance about Commiffioners :
wherein the Parliament and Aflembly are ufuffera-
bly reviled and railed at • and particularly the Par
liament charged with fpeaking blafphemy, and be
ing guiltieof many other crimes.
And laftly, The Sectaries are fo violent, and in-
fofferably infolent.that though they abufe/fr/o«* or
thing /,;or do the ftrangeft aftions either againft Liwes or Ordinances, if they
bebutqucftwncd by any in wthoritie for thefe things, infteadof confeffing
$ their
rclig. affeS p. 1-4,1
the Synad (bning ttvt bor»t
Ufa a Lamb, but a mouth Ify
4 Dt*go*) ttash the "Parlia
ment to $«<tl[ blofybenj &-
f 4W/2 tbofe Saints tb&t dtvct
n heaven ? AnA ]pea^:ttg tf
the "Preamble to out tf their
Orditurvtt, vrherei* tbePar*
iiamenf Mtyuwledgcd their
firon£. engagements betrtilf
andpncerelj to endeaxjwr tbt
coHpleat eflablifbment offuriij
*nd H*itie in the Church cf
God (for thefeare the Parlia
ments *9ord!t not the *4flim~
bites) tbit book calt thu bis
fpbenti, and faith of the Lordi
<utd Comment, f or fbatne leavt
$e*kj*g bblpbtmj : Kerne m-
bef the judgement! upon tbt
bad tbt Lords And.
to meddle in the affaires
Kjngjefafofar, MM deter*
mine to have a. ctmpleat ejta *
tifimntofpurttie txd unitie?
1 30 A further Difcwerie of the Errsurs
their off jnces,fubmitting,and carrying themfelves peaceably and humbly, they
will abufe and mifcill Authority to their faces, yei, fet out printed books a-
gsinft them, reproaching and reviling them to the open world ; of which I
might give many inftances, as in the cafe of one Hwes committed lately by
fomejuittces of Peace, upon two witneffes teftify ing words fpoken by hkn
derogttory to the fecond and third Perfons in the Trinity; a book was printed,
wherin they are reviled and clamoured agtinft. So upon one Larder's commit
ment, about a dangerous bookentitulcd Londons laft Naming, there is a booft
put forth afperfing the L. Mayor of London, the Committee of Examination,
and the Right Honourable the Houfe of Peeres. And laftlyupon Lievtenant.
ColooelL.frYforjM commitment, tmny Pamphlets were printed»fpeaking bit
terly againft the Committee of Extminations, and the honourable Houfe of
Comons; as En^Unds Birthright, feverall printed Letters, &c.
The Sectaries have lately put forth two pamphlets with a picTure dtawne
and affixed to them, greatly abufing all the Presbyterians : The firft is called
Di&Ated thoughts upon the Presbyterians Ute Petitions ta the Parliament i the
other is the book Called, Tender Conference reli^ftfy afetted, propounding
queftions upon the Ordinances of Parliament. Tjhe maine of the piftwre is an
heart piftured, over which is written, Tender, Confcieuct religioufly tffefted,
with fome verfes over that : and under the heart, with daggers at it,ftands the
Pope, the Prelate, and the Presbyter in the mjdft of them two, with a book in
his hand, where Direfttrie is written> Antichriftian Presbyter written by
him, and the Crown under his foot, he treading upon it, and a dagger in his
hand, reaching at the heart of tender confcience, but a chaine with a weight
hanging at his arm, whereby he is hindred and falls fomwhat fiiort of prkking
tender confcience with his dagger.
Now I could write a book in giving obfervations, and making • confutation
of this p;cT:ure, and thefe mottoes, but I muft ftudie brevitie, I will onely hint
a few things.
i . That I have been informed for certain,and it was fpoken of by fome Mer
chants on the E xchange,that in Holland the picture of an Independent is d ra wn,
*ndfetoutpublikely,and he is pictured thus, with God written in his mouth,
the Devill written juft upon his heart^ and the world written and pictured as
he holding it in his armes.
i. 1 1 may be this picture of a Presbyterian will caufe the picture of an In
dependent tobcdrawnehere in London, fet out with Mottoes, asalfo what
he hath under his feet, &c. *nd ifjt prove, fe, 'tis but j'uft and the Indepen-
dents may thank themfelves.
|, For the Picture it felfe of * ttndtr Qtnfciwcts which they make the
Presbyterian
And Pr Aft ices of the Se ft Aries. 131
Presbyterian lifting up a dagger to ftab ; lam confident the Presbyterians
are as truly tender-confcienced men as any in England, yea far above the
Sectaries; and for the Sectaries (take them generally) they are far from
being tender-confcienced men , as I fhall fhew at large in my Treatife
againft Toleration, under that head of anfvvering that objection, that tender
C«nfcimces mttft he ham vriih ; where I fhall prove by many inftances they
are men of large confciences, and have conferences, like to Oftrich ftomachs,
that can digeft iron, that can digeft a generall Toleration of all Religions,
can beare with them that are evil!, or any thing that is \vicked,fo it will pro
mote the Catholike Caufe ; and in truth, in ftcad of being a truly confcien-
cious people, and going upon religious principles, they are a meere politikc
Faction, driving on ftrange defignes, and havrng ends of their own.
4. Whereas they place the Presbyter in the midft of the Pope and Prelat,
how might they more truly have placed an Independent and other Secta
ries, the Independents fhaking hands, and complying more with Papifts and
Prelats than Prebyterians, as I could prove by many inftances of familiar
pafTages and fpeeches that have parted between fome Sectaries and Papifts
and Prelats, and fomc fpeeches again of Papifts and Prelats of the Indepen
dents, fome wherof the Reader may find in this Book, pag.i<5, 1 ^6.
5. That of the Presbyterian trampling the Crown under his feet,is a rnoft
wicked lye, and confuted in the fight of the Sun, by the experience of thcfe
times; for who ftand more for the Crewne, the Kings Perfonand Ho
nour, his juft great nefle, and his Pofteritie after him, than the Presbyterian
partie ; and who are more againft Monarchy, the Kings Perfon and Honour,
than the Independent partie ? A Sectarie indeed may well be pictured with
the Crowne under both his feet, trampling it, and breaking it all to peeces,
and together with the Crowne trampling the Church, Miniftene, and the
Kingdome of Scotland under their feet ; andforproofeof Se^fhrics trea
ding the Crowne under their feet, witnefle L»«d»nj Uil framing, commen
ded, fold, difperfed up and down by Sectaries, witnefl'e Watwyns an Arch-
Sectaries fpeeches, with othea paffages of fome of Vidc M,.r//te
them, as giving over praying for the King above Mtlfxg.7. '
this yeare, laughing at them who prayfor him, as * Af/-f Durance an
*oneof them praying publikely in the Churchjthat tnt Trt*cktf a'. Sw
the King might be brought in chains to the Parliament, as fpcaking againft
his coming in or being received in but under the notion of a Delinquent,and
that he deferved to die if any man did,with fuch like fpeeches.
6. That of the Presbyter endevouring to deftroy the tender Cwhience re-
Hgio*[lj *jfc8cdt only Kindred by a great clog hanging upon hiffl,is a wicked
S 2 fcandall ;
furtklr &tfc 6 writ of t&? Errwrs
. f; t/ie; -
j wh:n they were in their ^igheft pp w$f , m& 'the ladepepoems weak and
low, is known to all this Kingdoms i and h?d they been (uch men as the In*
dependent Painter would maksthsm, the Seftides had nevergrownetothis
boldnefli to make fuch • Pi&ute, nor ihefe Kingdoms fo troubled with them
is now they are ; but the truthpf it is, a Se^jfearia may well be psipted with a
dagger thus running at the heart af the Presbyterians tender confciences reliV
gioufly afffted, and had they not clog: apon their irtns, we ihould find it fo
by lamentable experience; they have naide violent attempts againft Presby-
ceriins, and they have given out miry t^reatning words j and certainly de-
Ognedand comforted themfelves, that ere bng ihey (hoald bcabletQ^rafib
the Presbyterians; for proofe whereof, be fides ia&ances already, given iathif
Book, pig,^7. 1 (hall add t wo or three at preferjt s One Smart a great».Ss-
d:irie, upon the fifth or fixthof May laft, (peaking agiinft the Presbyterian
Minifters, and calling them Priefts, fpake thefa words ; That
.
end twin mce under the oneot thecpmpaAy repiycd, that I ftjppofe you Will
toandofoHt that be&rditi got a good office or place then, when the Pfesbyteriinf
who dift told thu Smarr eftates fhall cornstobe feqiieftred. Apother Seftiric,
rt?Pr«rS^i'i!fti * Bod«*-fcHer in Londoq ( whofc mipe .1 Cdnceai^
*Jt Xtfe vtsffu* w?Qn the cntrcatiepf hioj wli0 related Jt^ fpeaking of
tbe Scqudtratiojt of tbfir the Mioifteri or Sion Cpijedge , iaja ,jthefe word$,|
eftates, and banging at Af*»J htve gotte 'lo'TjImr*., V?bo h^ve I? ft Acftrveil
tkofe of SwCiRefai and bee further
And Sc£iaries miht have *U °»r trottbts d« fef reation
*ad /fceir »jtf. rb« « der the hand of one who W*s«n ear- witn£fl5t?4
the libenic tf senfc'tewc vcred to me in the prafeflce of two fufficient perfon$»
they mufl exfteiwbe* tbe A tj,ir(j man who is £or tjje independents, and that
ftSCft&Hfc* riy- Te,to • per>a ^ qti4';iio irvthc citirf ^
don, and taken notice or for a mm of great eftate* *nd
tetfacA him, ont cfhis refyeQto himf to tak* h^tfdl^w he *ng*ged\ or /krurtd him**
felfe for the PrcfaftcrianJ, a»d *£4,wfk the Itdcpcndents* fortbere vffd no K>ay
for him to keep fa efttte, or t» fo fcturet n*leffe kt Vttrt of that fid* , with othejC
Words to that purpofe.
Here folio wes a Copie of fomc Letters, with a Miration ol fome more ««
ojarkablc PanǤe$ concerning the Se&aricio,<
And Practises of the Seft*r<es
Copie oftsiLttter written to me fromA£od!j A»dlt*r*td
Minifter living *t Tarmouth.
,
BY*Vour Letter cemir-gfo my hind, I take notice
of animation handed to you, wherein I wifl. t^J&fiffi.
there were not Co mnch truth. For year better fecuri- j^fw>5 ; ^ :t A M \n\~
ty, I hive procured the Exirmnations out of the Or- yfo oftfarnHu, to en-
•See and have tranfcribed one of them, which here I fern »c if tbt truth sf it,
fend you incloied. At our lite Sefliuns, thiscaufe wis ^™««*'/****-
heard, Our Recorder profefod , that had he hid power , hee had a great
mindc to hang the man for his Blifphemies ; but in condufion , hee was
bound over to the next S fli ns : Touching the perfon of thrs fclifphe-
mous wretch, one Job* B-fgif , hee was an Apprentice to an Apothe
cary in London, and came downc hither with f >our good ftiend) Csp-
ttine Hdfoit , as hii Chyrurgion. Syone after his coming into thefe
parts hee turned Preacher; and fo in a little time (educing, and be-
inc (educed, hee came from Antinomianilme and Anabaptifme, to
this defperatc height of Athcifme. Your great Rabbi Oats told
mce before his ftce^ that M. B^git might be his Matter, notwiihftanding
bis ybuth; and fo highly extolled him, as ir hee had beene Atom H*m*gn*Uh.
One pafiage more I flaall acquaint you with, About a yeer fince or focnewhafc
inore, this E*ni* with Oatr, (then ofNirVricb) and one Ltcl^er t Ring-lea
der of the Antbaptifts in this to wh came to my houfe, dcfiring fome difcourfe
with me for their pretended fatisfaftron. Proridcncc fo ordered it , thtt
M.tr. my fellow Mirifter, and one other, were with me tt the prefent. Thu*
three to three we fell into debate (amongft other matters,) about the power o£
Ihc Maeiftrate in infiifting capital puni(htnents,«nd taking away of life. Here-
upon0*f'(to whom ths reft agreed,) peremptorily affirmed, and flood to
roaintaine, That there was no fuch power in any Chnftiin Magitlrate over i-
nk Member of a Church, unJeflt firit he wascaft out of the Church, and fo de
livered to the Secular power | no, whatever his e&nce was, tkough M*r-tl>tr
His Argument wa«4 Thit all Church-Members were the Temple of God,
Md *b»f* deprejftk the Temple # GoA, him fall G*dde£r9j- Being preffedi
with the Authority of that Text, He tk*t fieddetk m*ns blood, by f*a»jb*& liu
IfUod be fad, hee and the reft cry ed out, what had they to do with Mtfts f
They were Chrifts, Difciplcs not Mofet Difciples. Being minded of the an-
ity of this Uw.-before Mfa his-timc, ;hey replyed, jt was all one being
1 54 A further Difcoverie of the Erronrs
part of the Old Teftament. Withall Oats added, that that Ltw was fulfilled ;
demanding of him how, he anfwered, in and by Chrift, In at much (ftid hee)
a* Chrift foedhit blood, my blood is foeci already j for (faith hej Chrifts blood M
wj blood, and my blood is 'chrifts blood. At the fame time Boggis being prefled
by my felfe in (bme particulars, ftill his reply was,/ have the Spirit. My idfe
impatient of his arrogant boafting, told him, That certainly if he had that Spi
rit he pretended to, hee would not fo boaft of it : Whereunto (clapping his
hand upon his breft) he reply ed, 1 thank. God I have enough of the Spirit* Here
upon I having enough of him, told him, that the doores were open for him,
and fo parted with him. The Lord direft, and aflift you in all your underta
kings, and make your endeavours fucceffefull. With my prayers, and hearty
ialutations, I reft
Yarmouth, May 1 1 . Your affured Friend,
and Brother in the Lord.
'A eo fie of the Depofition made again ft one John Boggls,/0r horrid
and unhcardof Blafphemj*
©reat Yarmouth lan.i^. 1645 .
T"*His Informer faith upon his oath, that fome few dayes fince, one lob*
B°£i** ctme tothehoufe of this Informers Mafter about dinner time, and
being requefted ta ftay at dinner there, he fate down at the Table, and being
alfo requefted by his faid Matters wife to give thanks , hee asked to whom
ket jkould give thanks, Whether to the Butcher tr to the EM, or to the
Cm , ( there being then a Shoulder of roftcd Veale upon the Table.) And
the faid Informers Uafters wife , faying , Tk*?th*»k* /^ottld bee given to
Gtd» the faid.Z?0££W reply ed, and faid., where if jour God, in Heavctt,
er in Earth, aloft or below , or d«th hee fit in the clouds , or Vehere
f , ... doth hee fit With his . And further this Infpr-
£*«£?£&£ m«f»th- Trh«! • « «nother ire the f>id lfamm
b«are tocxpreflcit. Mafterf wife haying fpcech with the faid Boggu
about the Church , and concerning the Bible , the
faid Boggit wi(hed , he had not k^owne fo mnch of the Bible, which heefaid,
Was but onlj paptr.
The former part of this Information ( to And further , <£•£. ) is al
fo ttte&ed upon Oath in the fame words by the faid Informers
Mailers wife.
'. •" * 4
-'J- ^
c^f trtte
And Practices ef the Sectaries,
A true Copy of A Letter fenf front Dover ,t«* worthy Member tftkt
Reverend tsfficmbly, and f ub fcr ib ed by five hands of fcr font
efVeorth, Miniften and others*
Worthy Sir ,
QVrtrue refpefts of you prefixed : We entreat your favour to acquaint
us what you think will be the refult at laftaboutthe Independents; if
they muft be tolerated, it is then in vaine for us to ftriveagainft it by any h u-
mane helps, and muft expect to live in all confufion and diforder , except it
be in our Families, and there we fhall hardly avoid it, for there are fome that
creep intoHoufcs. We defireyouto take notice, that for three y ceres laft
pift there hath been fome differences about that way in Dover ; but of late
they are fain into a Congregationall-Church, have made Members, and ordain
ed a Paftour one Mr. Davis of London, who will fettle here with them :
Hereupon they are prefently fo high flowne, that they will have our publike
meeting plice commonly calkd the Church to preach A weekly Lrtture, though
we have an Order from the Committt- e of Parliament, that there fhall bee
none without the confent of both the Minifters in Dover, and haveacqusin-
them with it ; yet fome have threatned, if the Key be kept away, they will
break open the dcores ; and fince M. D a vies journey to London, the Mem-
bersof his Church meeting e vet ie Lords day twice, and once in the weeke,
Mr. Mafcall (* man employed by the Stata to bee a pcrfector of the Cu-
ftoir.es) undertakes to feed the flock, expounds the Scriptures,. and with
much v^hemencie cries out to the people cxprefling hitnfelfe thus againfl the
prefent Minifterie : Tour Prieftt , ysttr damned Priefts, your curfedPrieftsi
with their fooles Coat. Your Levitft9 who if they get an Ordinance of Par
liament, will thunder it out, but they let alone the Ordinances of Chrift,
and perCwades the people of the evill that Synods and Learned men have
done to the Church, and therefore prefles them to the ufelcflenefle of hu
mane learning , and at other times in private meetings , perfwades peo
ple, that they will fall into moft miferable flaveriCj if they hare i Pres
bytery ; and faith , That he e fl> all ft and and laugh at them, rthen they
Are under their burthens. For our parts, if the State will furTer thetn-
felves to bee fo vilified in what they have by the beft adiice propofed,
and will hive as trodden under foot for following Chrift , and obeying
them, and will hive us take Covenants, and fuffcr as many as will
to violate them, wee fhall then thinke that wee are fallen into
worfe times then ever wee yet faw. Wee defire you to counfcll us,
snd to improve your power iruhc AflembJy , and .with the Parliament what
you
\7W
1 5 tf A further Diftweric of the Errwrs
you may te ftop thefe violent proceedings here, tfest we may eo joy ourprl-
vilcdges, tijpccially the peace oiour Confcitinccs tnd Countrcy, we reft
D Gvtr> isfpril 13.1 6 46. Your loving Friends.
Tlix Letter # given ixte tloebftxdi of* Peer of this Kingdom.
Tkt Copte of a Letter written from a learned and godly Diving from btytnA
tht Seat) to a fpeciaS Friexd of hi* here in London, and tr*Kjla-
ted by loirnotit of Dutch into Englijk.
Edoearneftlylongforfome Ordinances from E*gta*dt for the fup-
prcfling of the high growing Sefts, Herefies, tnd Schifmes, which get
the upperhand : WeareafHifted hour vcrie fouls, that there is fuch t depth
of Diftraftions and- Errors, fuch liberty for Schifme, Blafphemie, and ungodly
,Tcnent$, both at Lonfon, and in the whole Kingdome. O bleffed holy Hoi"
bnj, righteous Amjlerdam, heretofore accounted the fink of Errours and Hc-
refies, but now juftified by London. With us are puniflaed with banifliment,
«r piercing through the tong with a hot Iron, thofe that but flinderoufly fpeak
of the Virgin Mary : Here we burne the books of the Socinians Errours, and
they may not with knowledge be fold in thefe parts : Here indeed every one
is left to enjoy the freedome of his Confcience in his own Family, bat to keep
Conventicles tnd meetings of divers Families together, &4mfterd*t» itfelfe
will not fufifer, except in Anabaptifh, Lutherans, and Retnonfttnts. At L*n*
don is ttught Blaiphemy againft Chrift, (Sod, his Word, Worfhip, tnd Sacrt-
tnents, by Enthufiafts, Aatinomians, Libertines, tnd Seekers : There the So»
cinitn tricks tre new moulded, there all Sefts and Hcraticks cnay keep their
feparatcd, publike tnd fecret Conventicles. Whence is it that you tre fo fud-
denly led away unto another Sofpeli ? Is there no balcne in Giletti, that
the wounds of the daughter o! Sio* are not healed ; tre the Prayers of the
Saints, tnd the JU boars of the upright, all in vain? Gods judgements hang
over that Kingdom, which feeds and fofters fuch (ins.
A PaJT*& fxtr^fd out of a Litter lately fextfrtm *ficttj Afi-
mfter in Colckefter, to a Minifier In
Ttut Clirkfon is tp^i* TTHe lift Sabbftth day we had one Clarkson a Seeker
9f*lfointbitM,p.7j. l that preached at Btttoiph Church, the fame man I
believe that M» E^nrds mentions in fcis Book : His Sermon tended to the
vilifying o( the Scriptures, all Ordinances, Duties, Minifters, Church,
State t Hee vilified the Scriptures tnd would not have the people live
upon white tnd black jtnd that they of themfdves were not able to reveal God,
of which I (hall give H,E, a full account the next week.
A*d PrAfticts tf the SctfMrics. 137
tf Extrttt ff* Letter written from a Minifter i
to 4 Member of the ts4$cmblj of Divine j.
T"Vfcipl!ne,or Church Government is now the great bufinetTe of the Chri-
ftian World, God grant we forget not the doctrine of Repentance from
dead works, and Faith in the Lord Jefus : I long much to fee, or heare, what
is done in England about this matter. I dull not fall into particulars, ac I
might do, could we fpeakc mouth to mouth. I am no Independent, neither
ire manis others, who fay, Commnni Pretbjtersrum c onfilio Eccleft* ah ini-
tioreftbantur-, nor am I ofademccraticillfpint : Much have I ieene in my
•imoft eleven y^ares abode in this Wildcrneffc ; and I wifti fuch as miintain
tnlndependen Democratic, had fcenc and found as much experimentally.
A hcufc like to be well governed, where all are Matters ; but no more of this.
For ray felf, (Bod hath been here with me, and done me much good, learning
me fomthingofhiinfelfe,of my fclfc,andofmen. N. £.is not Heaven, and
here we are men ftill. Dtcem.2.
To hit loving brotlitrt <^/.ThoffllS Edwardi,
CTr, that Book which difcorereth our gencralK7<i^ric»4, contiineth truth,
which will procure you many enemies, its the fate of Truth : JBnt to thu
end (faith oar Lord loan 1 8. 37 .) VHU 1 ltor*t **4for tkit caitft came 1 into the
V9»rttt tb*t 1 fcottttbeArc mtnejff tf the truth ; and fo for this Caufcare Chri-
ftians Irego tten Agtinc hj the f Vtrd, sfTrttt It : Everie one that is of the truth
ihould do fo, efpcially fuch as ire his Minifter*. Revelafc will be
He joy n with one of your ad vcrfaries in that alleadgeal Text.
But they fall proccd no father ; f.r their 1.Uj fall be Crf
made mtnifeft to 4// men, M theirs *tfo Vtttt, 2 Tim.} p. I wait for its accom-
pliftiment. You, yea wcallmuftlook to fuffer for plaine dealing, efpecially
now when as truth lieth in the ftreets and is trampled on by dirty feet; when
as there are fo many ad verfaries unto it, and fuch an Independent Combina
tion againft it : The great ob jedion againft you is, You are too too vehement
in your oppofition ; which when I heard, I remembred I had read in Luther
defervotsfrbitrio, the fame ob/eded to him , by old Erafmtts. The Anfwer.
of Luther unto it , mee thinkes mav well bee ours, yours, and yeeld us
much comfort and encouragement. £>*od *tttemy ve-
hemextimte£erim,*£nofcocM.lp*mficMlp*eft, im* tf- Lxtbcr de {ervo Jrk. c.
ftimonittm hoc mihi in mundo reddi in CAttfa Dei miri- 3°7'M l * •
f\ce£Audeo: Atque ntinam & ipfe Dens id teftimonii in novijfimo die confir-
turn fattier Luthero, ^«> tanto f*i fatiUttfHmoxiocommendatur,
138 A further Difcrveri of the Err ours
quod veritatu caufim nan fegniter nee fraudulcnttr fed vchementer fatis,
vel potius nimio egerit ? 7~ur»iffxJletemx fce!iciter evmferim, M->lfditltu
qtii fadt opm Dei Htfligentcr. So Luther; and fo may you in my judgment.
As for Crctexfii (fo one of your adversaries ftileth his Book) I finde him
(till a confident man, his -Challenge of all the Presbyterians one after ano
ther, afTembled or not aflembled in England, Scotland, France, and Ireland,
in that queftion of the imputation of faith in a proper fenfe,&c. fheweth fo
much, and alfo that, that he may do it as well as you did Antapol p.i 17. To
whom you may fay from me, He cannot fo well do it as you, becaufe that as
yet we fee none hath accepted your challenge, whereas the ftrength of him
is tried (in what he did againft M. Walker, and his other two Treatifes -of
that fubject ) and is found weaknefle ; fo that untill he vindicate himfelfe,
we have but the words iitilittf'g^riojlt the vent of fpleen againft Presbyte
rians and the Aflfembly, fay,T could tell him Presbyterians and Independents
aflembled, have weighed that controverfie,and found his oppofition therein
too too light. Tell him that (though the fervant is not greater then his Ma-
fter, nor the authority of the Clark equall to that of the luftice of Peace ;
and that when M.Gataker fpeaketh, ^A.Robrottgh may hold his peace , as he
fpeaketh, pag.2<5. Cm.) }A.Robrou?h may fay fo much unto him in behalfe
of fome of thofe he thus challengeth,and tell him that he do no more with
challenges, trouble thofe Mafters,being in ferious employments. It fufficeth
a fervant hath routed his forces, and is in readinefle ( with Gods helpc) if
M. John Goodwin can but recruit, to meet him in that controverfie in what-
foever field. Blefl'edbeGod, he is much more inab led and imboldenedto
that by his attendance ; fo farre is he from being aihamed of that which he
objecteth as a jeer : he is ftrong at that (as in his Recipe to M. Walker and
that whole Book) the blood that runneth in that vein (as I have heard) coft
him nought, he received it by tradition, he is not as yet redeemed from it ;
will him as a grave and learned Divine to anfwer M.Robrotigh* Animadver-
fions, and after that propofe his vaine- glorious challenge unto Presbyteri
ans : they and Independents will furely anfwer him, if between him and me
there be indeed found on my part impar congrcfitu*
That charge of yours ( Gang. p. 70. that Faith in a proper fenfe, is impu-.
ted to juftification, and not Chrifts righteoufneffe ) is owned (E fee) ftill by
him. Onely he faith,that you falfly and forgingly reprefent the opinion, be
caufe you father on it that mungrell expreflion (as he calleth it) * credere,
an expreflion ad iwvidiam comparata It may be faid its ufuaily fo eXprdTed
by fuch as handle that controverfie. Mr. Wjotton abhorred it not. Fidcm
*nd Pra&icts tf the Sectaries.
/.i.r.ij.;M7J. and againe, p. ij6. for whit hee mentioneth elfe to that
further, he may do well to tike notice that he is examined, is in all that hee
hath written,
The other Charge 0>4£. 2 $ . about quoting Bucertnd Ctlvin agiinft their
judgement) in my opinion it is very jult. Let Mr.*r4%rr Booke and mine
be but confulted, it is made evident in theirs, and others teftinaonief quoted
by him : when as Buccr faith, Faith is imputed to rightcoufnefle, and fo CW-
v in, they take it not in a proper fenfe but figurative , or relative to the
object , which Sibrandw igainft Btrtitu , (heweth
to bee the judgement of all Proteftant Divines, and ^M.^.
challengeth him to (hew one man, or one place to the
contrarie. For Buccr , Mafter ffW^*, (heweth r^ opinion in thefe words,
jQuia b/tcfiJf Apprr hc*itlim*s juftitiam perfcttAm Chrifti ; ide« Apoftotus dixit,
crcderttiineum quijufttficat impium,fidem ejntrefuturi in ^ttftttiAm : fiJemt
fcil .afprchendcntem juftttiam Chrifti, Ucfl, ipfim Ckrifti juflitiam : Wott.
de Rcconcil.part.a.lib.i. cap. I4.pag.i7o.and therefore liithot B*cer, *>uetu
ego Ae imp*tnti»ne 9pinionut a*tkoremJHiffcmihiperfu*dc9.\l$ might have read
it cited in mine dntmtdvfr/lpirt, i ,fag. 150. And as for M.Calvin, the veric
places whence he quoteh him exprcfle To much. Let him perufewhat is ex-
tradlcdfroinhiminmine^wwWt/^r/iw/.^.ij^ijjjijd^f, 161,163.
As for that opinion of Crf/t/i'*/, That iHJlifisAtun conjiftetb in retnijfion of
fins, if ell him hee needed not to call in witnefles, it is confeft : The que-
ftion is about the word onclj ; neither is that word denyed to bee in Ctlvin:
but the quftion is, whether o*eiy excludcth in his fenfe imputation of Chrifts
righreouinefle (the tenet of Proteftants;) or that of inherent righteoufhcfls
(the Doftrine of Papifts : ) I deny the former, and aflert onely the later
againft the Papifts ; and I appeale to his witneffes, let them give their ver
dict. Yet tell him, that in mine A*im*dvtr[iont, in anfwer to this very head,
he may read it determined by many witneflef againft him ; by Bfttarmine, hie
ad verfarie, an acculer of Ctfoin (as he is for this,,) by his own witneflV, Pa
rent, by D.Dovfnham, D. Dtvenant and PoUntt^ though he will not lee it :
^4^.1.^.76.77,78,79. Yea, when as in his book he mentioneth thefe two
witntflcs (as he here doth) he may finde them anfwercd out of the fame Au-
tliours, where Mr. Gataktrs judgement may bee alfo feeneof that thing,
Whether Justification confifts in remiflion of finnes. Surtly, had
hee thought of thefc Anfwen given him tgtinft his opinions f§r
mine , that they are to bee feene in the world , hee would never have
rrade fo loud a challenge, neither yet have fpent time in repetition of thcfa
teitimonksjfor the detcruuning of which between us,I appeal to all the world,
T 2 and
140 A further Difcwtrie ef the Err ours
and am ready (when-ever he pleafeth) to contend for this with him, or any
part of the Controverfie, in writing, or viva, vocf.
Sir,! thought good to write fo much to you in defence of Truth, and-
fomwhat in reference to my defpifed felfe : It is now yours , do with it as
your felfe fhall pleafe. The Lord make us valiant for truth ; for this I know,
I have abettors enough, fuch as himfelfe doth otherwife highly honour. But
fervice calleth for mine hand elfvvhere, which I muft obey : and therefore
with prayer to God for his blefTing on you, and all your labours in his
caufe, he taketh leave of you for this time, who is
Your loving friend and Brother
April 23. i6<\6. in every caufe of Chrift,
coplt of A Letter Utelj written to we from a godlj Miniver
in the We ft of EngUnA.
Sir, whom (though unknown to me by fight) I love and ho*
nour for your love to truth, and for your zeale againft the fpreading
infectious Errours of thefe times, wherein we once hoped for better things.
I wrote to Mafter F. of fome discoveries that were made to me by fome re
claimed from Anabaptifme, concerning the workings of Satan to and in
that way, being much aftefted with the relations they firft gave me by word
of mouth : I defired them to commit their experiences to paper while the
remembrance of them was freili with them, that they might be able here
after as well as at prefent, to tell what the Lord had done for their foules,in
breaking fuch a dangerous fnare as Satan with fo much art and fubtilty had
laid for them : This upon perfwaiion they did, and at laft gave me in about
two (beets of paper clofe written, wherein they difcover not only how the
fnare was laid for them, and how they were firft caught and intangled with
a liking of the novelty of Anabaptifme, but being caught, how they were
Carried on to it with the ftrongeft violence and impulfe of fpirit that is ima
ginable : they alfo difcover the fad effects and influence which that way had
upon their fpirits while they lay but under a liking and good opinion of it,
and how it pleafed the Lori to refcuc and bring them oftj before they were
afhially ingaged, and duckt into that feduced fociety. Sir, all thefe things
were fo fuHy and largely exprefled in the manufcript I had from them, that
others as well as rny felfe held them very fit to be published for the publike
good ; and fuppofing they iliould be, I was preparing fome conilderations
upon the patfages to come fojrth with them, Since their -coming of th«.
Anabaptifb,
Ard Prdtficcs of the Settwits. 141
Anabaptiils, they have found their fpirits in a much better frame then be
fore , and out of pine to others ingaged in that way, have endeavoured to
reclaime them. And now Sir, for my own part I muft needs fay, it is much
that I have fuftcred from Opinionifts of all forts in thcfe times, and meerly
becaufe 1 could not be fa!fe to my Covenant ( nor I truft never (hall ) by a
linfull filence, when heretic and fchifme do lift up themfelves againft truth
and unity. I praife the Lord this happinefle I have, though the unkind deal
ing of thefe men hath fomtimes occafioned much gnefe of heart, and
weaknefle of body to me, yet they have not prevailed in the leaft wife to
weaken my refolutions in contending for the truth ; yea the more the truth
is oppofed, the more earneftly 1 hope I lhall contend for it, though it be to
the utter exhaufting of that fmall ilrength of body \\ hich 1 have : I cannon
facrifke my felfe in a better way. I know it is not neceilary that I ihould
live, but neccffary it is, that truth iliould live and be maintained to the ut-
moft of our power. Me thought it was fomwhat harlli tome at nrft (till
God accuftomed me to the yoke) to fufter frowns reproaches, imprecati
ons, and all manner of hard fpecdies for the difcharging of my conicience,
and that from thofe whofe profcfl'ed principle it is that all iliould have the
liberty of their confciencts : Jt feems they would take liberty , but will not
give it. If my conference bids me to oppofe fome of their tenets and pra
ctices, and I can have no peace without ib doing, how can they in reafon de
ny me this liberty by their own principle ? «4^8 Surely it would be a fad day
to all Orthodox Chriftians if they ihouLd be brought to ftand to the mercy
the Sectaries liberty. Some of them have partly well ufcd their liberty a-
gainft me in fpcaking, writing, printing againit me, in the moft fcurrilou.s
rancorous, injurious manner that could be, and onely for preaching that,
which if I had not, my confcience I feare would have preached agamfl me
while I had lived, for holding the truth in unrighteoufnctfe. Sir, 1 will noc
hold you xvith particulars, this place hath been a troublefome place to me,
for which I know whom I have to thank. 1 wi(h it may be quieter to the
next Minifter thit fucceeds me, for God is pleafed by a cleare providence to
open me a way to iome other place. Sir, being lately at Do re helper, tl>€
Town 1 heard was fomewhat -disturbed the week before by a wandring Se
ctary , who had gathered a company about him, .and preached in the Shire
Hall ( as I. think they call it ) .ciiufing that of the Apolfcle for his Text, Bnt
Vte have the mind a Chrt/f-. Afterwards, through too much pride, and too
little witjthe poor fellow was ib ill advifed as. to challenge M.AV»to a pub-
like difpute imp^r a^rtff'tu Achilti offering to make good the lawful-?
nc.Tc of private mcns preaching, which challenge was accepted, but how.the
Opiuiomlk
1 41 A father Difcwery of the Err our i
Opinioniftwasfoyledbythat worthy Minifter (fitter to grapple with that
Puntes Inftruclors) was eafily perceived by all underftanding hearers. The
godly people of thofe parts have been fo well catechized and grounded
heretofore, that the Opinionifts complain they can make no work with
them. Certainly the good old Englifh Puritan(vvhich Mr.GWr* doth fo well
characterize) is the Novellifts greateft enemy, or rather the Novellift his.
ICr* Alas, how fad is the deftiny of Orthodox Chriftians, that no times will
favour' them ? We have not yet loft the fenfe of what we fnftered heretofore
by thofe wicked Prelats, whom God hath therefore caft out as an abomina
ble Branch ; and furely if all the Orthodox in the Land fhould bring in their
leverall complaints of what they have fufFered fince by turbulent Opinio
nifts, it would fill the world with wonder, and the Reformed Churches
abroad, who cannot but fympathize with us, with much heavinefle of fpirit
in our behalfe. Heretofore it was counted a crime to preach againft pro-
faneneflfe, as fporting on the Lords day, and the like; and now as great a
crime to preach againft Herefies. Only let me acquaint you with one thing
I have obferved, This veine of perfecution for the moft parts runs along in
the fame perfons ; they who moft countenanced profanenefle and fuperfti-
tion heretofore againft Orthodox Minifters, are the fame men who under a
forme of godlinerte, without the power, do now countenance Herefie and
Schifme againft it; but Sir, let nothing difcourage. It it given to us, not
only to beleevc, but to fuft'er; but hee that fttH come wi'Uo'ne, andtyill not
tarrie .- and in the mean while it is enough for us that Chrift reigns.
May u. i<54£.
'T'Here is a young man who lives in London, and not far ofFthe Exchange,
who went not long fincc to Lams meeting-place, to fee and hear what
they did there ; and when he was come, found many of them reafoning and
conferring about ftrange opinions: and among the reft, there was one Se-
chrie who maintained and atrirmed, Cf* That he was jefus Chrift. At which
this young man was fo offended and troubled in his fpirit, that hee (upon
the place, and to his face) fpake much againft him for his blafphemy : This
fellow ftill maintained it ftiffely, and told this young man hee would powre
out his judgements on him, and damne him for oppofing and fpeaking thus
againft him. This young man was fo affected with it, that when hee came
home,he told it his Father and other friends : and being asked by fome, whe
ther he thought the man was in his wits or no, this young man replyed, Yes
fure, for he fpake fenfibly, and to the things that were fpoken of, though in
this blafphemous abominable way.
Many Sectaries have diftrubed godly confdentious Minifters in the Put
pits,
and Pratfiees oftbe Sffltries. 143
pits, (landing up in the verie face of the Congregation, and fpeakmg to
them, giving them the lye, charging them with falie Dodrmc, calling them
Antichriftian Minifters, and fuch like : Of fome of thefe I have given inftan-
ces in my late Book, pag. 102,1 03,104. And to add a few more, Mr. Andrew
of Wellingborough had the lye given him whilft hce was preaching ; and
many Minifters have been put by preaching, and kept out of their own Pul
pits by force of Arms, Captains and Troopers coming up into the Mimlters
Pulpits with their fwords by their fides, and againft the mind of Mmitters
and people : Thus ?*ul H°(>fin hath done in Northampton-ilure, Buckmg-
ham-i"hire ; and thus at Ravcnfden in Bedford-Oil re a Souldier went up a-
gainft the mind of the Minifkr ; and here in London, the face of the King-
dome, at Chi ift-Church there have been many affronts offered, as jeering
and fcorting in the midft of the Sermons, fpeaking loud againft things deli
vered, to the difturbance of thofe who have fate neer : and now lately at
Chnft-Church,onTutfday the 20. cf April, juft upon concluding my Ser
mon, and going to my laft Prayer, up ttands one Colonel! Wtjkington of
Hartford-fhire, (ib his name and place is related to be) and ipake openly
againft what 1 had preached, that I had not rightly given the ienle of that
Parable of the Tares, and that I was a falfe Prophet, or Bcvurc of falfe Pro
phet . Now if the Sectaries will do thus to the Presbyterians whilft they arc
in their minoritie, and underlings, what will they do when they come to be
in their Kingdome, to be encreafcd in number and power above the Presby
terians ? But now on the other hand, let Independents and Seclaries giy
any one inftance that the Presbyterians, when they have come to hear them
preach, (though they have preached their erroneous opinions, and for liber-
tie of confcience, and againft Presbyterians, and all this in the Presbyterians
Pulpits and Churches) that ever the Presbyterians have ftood up and made
difturbance m the publike Atfembhes, or carried themfelves uncivilly and
fcottingly in Sermon time towards them.
There is one Gorton, who was a great Se&arie in New-England, holding
many defperate opinions there ; a copie of which, given by Mr. WiUiams of
New-England (that writ the Book called The bloudy Tenet > unto a Reve
rend Mimfter now at London, I have fcen and perufcd. Now this Gorton
with others being baniflied out of the Patent of the Bay, and when they
were gone, holding and venting ftrange and horrid opinions, whereby they
highly difhonoured God, and did hurt and mifchiefe to fome of the people
inlne' Patent, and under the New-England government; the Governour
and Magiftrates fent a company by force of Arms (chough they were in a
place, as it is thought, out of their Plantation and Parent) to bring them to>
Bofton ;
14$ A further Difccven of the Errwrs
- ' '• " r. •• • — -
Civillaswell as Ecclefiafticall, and that not only fof the matter, but in the
«**#<?r and way of propagation andminsging of them: They have queftio.
ned and denyed all the Articles of faith, and have jaftified and pleaded for all
kind of errourj and abominations : They have denyed the Scriptures, Trinitie
the God-head of the Son,and Holy Ghoft,Juftificaiion by Chrift,the Gofpel]
Liw, holy duties, Church, Minifterie,Sacraments,andall Ordinances : They
hold there are no Devils, no fin, no Hell, no Heaven, no Refurreftton, no
Immortalitie of the Soule : And together with thcfe, they are againft all
Kingly government, the King, Lords, the Houfe of Commons, as to have
any thing to do in matters of Religion, or in Civill matters any longer than
the people who chefe them think fit, and to be chofen yeerly, or oftner,«ccor»
ding as they carric themfdves ; yea, agsinft all kind of Civill government and
Msgiftraticall power whatsoever, as appeares by denying the power of impo.
fition of taxes and affeflunents, in denying the power of Mxgiftrates over
Church-members in cafes of mnrther, treafon, &c. And as they have denyed
allthefe, fo on the contrarie they have maintained and pleaded for ail kind oi
blafphecnous and hereticall opinions, and loofe ungodly pradices • yea, they
have publikely in print juftified there fbould be an open Toleration for all
,,v T i . thefc : and if any mf n flwuW fo far degenerate, as to
oftS beleeve ther^ is W^'5 n»y • come to blafpheme
God and the Scriptures,; yet bee fhouid not be troubled
nor molefted, but enjoy th^ libertie or his confcu-nce : And they have not only
pleaded thus, but fome of them have actually blafphemed God, Chiift, the
Spirit, the Scriptures, Minifters, Sacraments, and all holy Ordinances ; be
tides committing of horrible undeanne&s, forfaking of husbands and wives
as Antichriftian, being guUtie of thefts i cf^fraadings, &c.. being partakers alfo
of that horrH rtebellion of Ireland, in jaftifying the
Rebe1^ thst they dld no ^ore thsn wh« wee would
have done our felveSj&c. All thefe with many others,
i,s the pleading for ftage-phyes tobe fet up againe, lome or other of the Se&a-
lies have been guiltieof; and, unto all thefe have added this moreover, to ca
nonize and cry up for Stints, faithful! fervants of God, &c. Antifcripturifts,
Antitrinitarians, Arrians, Perfedifts, yea> Blafphemers and Atheifts, fo they
be bat for Independence, and agtinft Pres bytefies.
*Yide pamfb tntlt. Let- and particularly, how is Paul Btft, that fearfull B!a^
icrofadviccto the Af- fphemcr, now heis inqueftion by the Houfe of Com-
JE&iA:t$£ ™ns,pkadtdforby^^
, bkbenjie through ig- bitter fpeeches fpoken againft the Houieor Commons
whttba-Kit »t_ for fnedling witfe him ? yea, and in * print too hee is
pleaded;
Pra&iets ff
ibut God may yet
and in b* due time _
him tt the fyunvledgf of bis
trutb, at hee did the Apo-
hind, kut tbu P^ul Bcft
(what evtr his bc^/ie k)
in Go(L ferret
*d*ined to ctirver-
for, and compared in a fort with Pa*l the A-
pouic. Certainly, neither we, nor our Fathers before
us ever heard or faw fuch evils of blafphemie, herefie,
&c. in this Kirigdotne, as wee have done within thefe
two or three laft yeeres : The worft of the BiOiops
and their Chaplains, when they were at worft, were
Siints in corrparifon of many of the Sectaries of our
times, and would have abhorred (as bad as they were)
fuch opinions and practices which fome of the Secta
ries magni fie, cry up, and pretend to do by vcrtue of
new light, the Spirit, and as a matter of great perfe
ction, as for irftance; Asians orwomans forfakirg
their owne husbands and wives, and taking others at
their pleafure, out of pretence of caftingoffAntichriftian yokes, the pleading
fcr a general Toleration of all Religions,yea BUfphemies,& denying a Ddtie.
ant of pretence of libcrtie of confcience. But what fpeak 1 of the Biihops ancf
tfieir Chaplains > I am perf waded all the ftories and relations of the Anabap-
tifts and Schwenkfeldians in Lttthers time , of the «, tdeuAdeKwtn. Tax-
* Popes and Papifts blafphemies , of many Heathens t-$ium ^^ v-litl Uortt
and fcoffers of the Scriptures & Chriftian Religion,as «toi. &jui. tM.Quan-
Galen, PorfhiriKt,Lftcian, Julian the Apoftate,&C. do tamnobisacnoftrocc3e«
fall (hort of the blafphemies fc waic.of our Seaaries: ^K^ft^
Which of all thefe ever fo blafphemcd as Beggu ? or lis omnibu$notum
what ftorie is there fince the creation of the world that Turn fuliu* : Si volute
rrentiors a more horrid & wicked blafphemy than that Deus ufquc adeo prop-
ofBoeffi*, * S^lt Sc<5lirie,p3g 133, 134, 135 ? Or terunumpomum irafci,
Whertfsthtrea bUfphemy to be found beyond that %£™^J£
iTpcken of in pag 1 1 6. ct this Book f In a word, to u ccat mihii q>lli fum C)U$
conclude tfcis firft Corolltrie, The Sectaries of our vicarius, irafci proptec
rimes have in many refpectsf as in regard of breach of pavoncm , cum mukA
Covenant, ingratitude, falfneffe, &cj gone beyond major res fit ptvoquim
the Sectaries of other ages and Kingdomes, and done P01
worfe than their fathers, juftifying them in all their abominations which they
committed ; and iiave vented and fpread fo many po^fonous and dangerous
pnnciplesand pofitions, as are enough to corrupt and infect ail theChriftUn
world, if the Lord in mercie do not prevent it.
y
C O R A L L ;
A fartk tr Difcwcrit tf the Ernitrs
COR 'A L t. II.
Ence then from til that I hire laid down of the Sectaries of our time*, of
their erroun, herefief, blafphemies, ft range p rift ices, and their waves of
managing them, we may learne what is like to become of them and their way,
•nil what their end will be ; namely, confufio.n, defolation,and being brought
to nought fuddenly, as in a moment, and if ever (Sod fpake by me, I am confi
dent he will curfe this Fact ion of Sectaries in England, and cad them out as
an abominable branch : Me thinks I fee their day a co-
°H ming and drawing noerejHeretikes and Schifmatikes
unquam, do notv uj? to be long-lived : no herefie (as L*tber
c. fpeaks) ufes to overcome at the lift. What is bccoms
of the Arrianf , Donatifts, Novations, Pelagjins, &c ?
though they were like a mightie floud, over-running and drowning all for 4
time,yet like a floud they were quickly dried up ; and fo will the Sects now:
and we may expect it fo much the fooner, beuufe the rifible fymptomes and
fore-runners of dei1ru<ftion are upon them. And therefore I {hall now toll
the great Bell for the Sectaries, the Anabaptifts, Antinomians, Independents,
Seekers, &c. and hope fhortly to ring it out, and to preach their Funeral! Ser
mon, or rather keep a day of publike ThankCgiving and rejoycing, for the
bringing downe of the Sectaries, and the breaking up of their Conventicles, is
well as for the downfall of the Popiih and Prelaticall partie. And that they
/hall fhortly fall and be drkd up as a floud; and though they have been in great
power,and fpreading themfelves like a green Bay-tree, yet that they (halipaffo
away, and nor be 3 that they fhiilbe fought for, and not found , I {hall, give
thefe Symptomes.
i. Their horrible pride, infolencie, and arrogancie, extolling themfelves.
ind their pirtie to the Heavens, with the fcorning, vilifying, trampling upon,
and defpifing of all others \ and that in fuch unparallel'd wayes, as no age cm
fhew the like ; and that not only agtinft particular perfons of all ranks, No
bles, Gentrie, Minuter* ; but great bodies and Societies, as the Parliament of
England, the Kingdome of Scotland, the Common Councell of the Citie of
London, Aflembly, &r. The Luciferiin pride, high {pirit, and haughtineffs
of the Sectaries of all forts, in sll places and bufinefles, and towards all per-
ibnstheyhaye to do with, in their writings, fpeeches, geftures, adions, is
(een and fpoken of thorowout the Kingdome, and breaks out chily in their
ioipatiencieof being contradicted, or having any thing faid agiinft their way ;
in their endeavouring to break and ccufliall that will not dance after their
pipe 5 in thdr not caring to Iwmrd and rnifie ill Religion, both Kingdomes,
but
And fr Alices ef the Sectaries. 149
but they will have their wills; and io i;j manic other things. Now God affures
US in the Scripture that * Pride goes before deftr«8itnt
*nda» haughty fpirit before *faB: Prov. l<5.i8. that * Vide c«rmun locum,
Am-i&t* **g **IT PioY.ap.T5. that J-^Jg-J
Whenpndeconteth, thencomethfbtme : Prov. 1 1. 2. and dcjcdios iri, & decafu-
God threatens by his Prophets, he Voitt canfe the arra- ros, ctiamfi vcrtice coe-
r4HCj9fthcpro*<tt9te*fe, *nd VvillUy lev tkehtHfh- I"™ attigcrint: undt
tin/feofthe terrible, Ifa. 13.11. D«P.$.IO. and in- noftro promWo jada-
deed pride hardens mens hearts, and .'when their hearts jg'
are lifted up, and their minds hardned in pride, then
God throwes them downe.
2 . The Sectaries in promot ing of their way es and caufe are grown extresm
violent, defperate, and unreafonable, knowing no rules of moderation nor for
bearance; they go violent ways, and like lehtt, drive furiotfly; they do thofc
things daily which wife, (laid confiderate men would never have done, nor a-
nie but mad men ; and which anie man who hath his eies in his head may fee,
muft needs deftroy them : God hath hid wifdome from them, and befooled
them, leaving them to do marie things againft fenfe and reafon. God hath left
them, > ea given them up to t hofe courfes and waies (of which I could give di
ver* inftancesj which no wife men would ever have taken, and which makes
them abhorred of all good and moderate men. Now the befooling of men, hi
ding wifdom from them, leaving them to raflineflc and violence, are prefagts
ofruine, according to thit hying, quos Dftuvultperdere hys Aementaty and
according to that of the Prophet, / VriS hide wifdom from them : NttSum via-
lentttm eft perpetuitm, it feen in daily experience, and we may remember that
the violence and furie of the Prelaticall panic did undos them; and according
to all humane reafon, without that, it had been impofiible to hare oft them
out, being Co deeply rooted in the liwes and cuftomej ef this Kingdome ; and
therefore the Sectaries before they are rooted and fetled, being fo violent, fu
rious, and daring far above the BiChops, what can we expecT: but their fperdy
downfall ? give them but rope enough and they will hang th^mfelves; they
run fo f aft, and ride fo fiercely that they cannot but fall and break their necks,
they drive fo furioufly and madly, that they cannot but overthrow all.
3. The great profperitie, ftrange fucceff-, and mar vailous prevailing of the
Sectaries in their waies & opinions,their devices and defigns for the moft pirt
taking tfkft and fuccceding,foas they are mightily increated, many fallen un
to them, and ev^iit wind, almoft, favouring them; whereas on the other
hind the Presbyterim partie, both our Brethren of Sc»t/a»d, and the
Godly Minifters and People ia England, have bjene forely afflicted,
much
1 5 o A further Di ft every of. the Erreurs
mucb croffecf and troubled to to fee things as they are ; 1 he Scots have beene
forely viiitcd with Sword, Peftiience in their own Land, obflrndd, reproa
ched, eviiiintrcsted by many in this Lsnd : the Aflembly, the godly Mi-
nifters and people of. the Kingdome, deipifed, fcorned and abufed feverall
wayes, yea, deferted, and looked upon with in evill eye, as if thetroublers
of Ifrael, and worfe then Malignsnts, (o that they have beene forced ««nie a
time to cry out to God, HeareO our God , for we are reproached; Now
great profperitie, f accede in a bad way, and in the ufe of bad meaner, as lyes,
lomdalous reports, under-mining?, plottings, falfe-dealings, &c. is a great
Symptome of dtftrudion both to particular perfons, and to • parties
,-whQm God intends certainely to deftroy , he fattens before , and lets
them bee verie hippie, thereby to prepare them for the day of fltugh-
,ter : whom hee meines to doe good unto in the latter end and deliver, he
afflids and laies them low before, hies the Foundation deep that he miy
build high, and for this let the Reader confult with thefe roure places of
^eripture, 7*r.ii. 1,1,3. PM377,4iw/ 10.35, 3*,?/*/.7j.3,4,5.4«/i8,
jpJ2o./7/2/-pi .7. the fum of all which places is to teach us, that the more
men profperin a bad way, and flourifh. more then ordiaarie, having what
their hearts can wifh, bringing all their devices topafle, the more fure they
are of being puld out as fhecp for the flsughter, and prepared for the day of
flaughter, and that within a little while, they £hsll not bee, nor their phce
found, but brought to defolation as in a moment, and utterly confuted ; and
then when they are at their height of fburiftiing, then is it that they (M oe
deftroyedbreverj great profpentie is but a lightening before death, and as a
great calm which preiages the more dreadfull ftorme and tempeft.
' 4. The great plotting of the Sectaries, Uy ing their counfells deep, contri-
;ving and working continually night and day by all kinde of waks and means,
andbfll kind of inftruments to efkd their worke, and to carrie on their way ;
I do not think this manic hundred yeares there hath been a more cunning,
plotting, undermining generation in the Chuich of God then our Sectaries, or
inore plots and devices of all forts on foot, more irons in the fire within fo
few years, as hath been, and is among them: there's nothing they doe but
they have a defign in it, they conceive many plots at once to ef&cl it, they
have plot upon plot, and Uy fnare upon fnare : MnekUvel and the Jefuits
are but punies and frc&aien to them: lam confident they had fo hid their
plots, cut out their way, removed the rubs, prepared all things, fo as that they
had fet their time, by which they Hiould erted their ends, and fpesk out what
they would hive : Now God delights to bring to naught plots, to difappoint
the devices of mens kewtMobhfti.nd blow upon tricks and under- boord
workingy.
Praftiecs oftbt Se ft tries. 1 5: i
Workings, to take the wife in their own craftineffe, and wherein men deals
proudly to be above them : the ripening, growing big of plots, is commonly
the fore- runner of the down fall of the plotters, and the mifcarriage of their
plots: for the further clearing of which the Reader fh ill doe well to con fi-
dcr what God fpeakesin/^.^.ia, 13, i+.Pfit.ij. l^, 13, 7/2.2p. 15. 16.
7/3.30.1,1. and indeed God is luch an enemy to plots, devices, tricks, that
hewillcroflcanddifappointhisowne children in their workings, deviftngs9
ind contrivances even for good, when they arc too plotting, anxious, or de
light and plcafethemfelmto© much in them; and this he does often, left
they ftiould attribute i he events of things to their counft 11, care, &c. and that
the woike may appeare to be ofhimfelfe, and not of men, that God may be
knownetobe Detu nEihta &nonpajjivui, as Luther exprcflls it upon si like
eccafion, and that God doth not ufe to call Murtin Luther or anie of his
Saints to be hiscouncellor, but that he doth all things according to his own
counfell; hence we arc commanded to be carefull for nothing, or thought
ful!, but in everie thing by prayer and fupplianon with thankfgiving, let
our requcfts be made knowne to God : Now if Gcd will go quite crcflfc and
contrary, to the counfells, workings, of his fervants for the maintaining his
Church and truth, and bring about all quite another way, then he will much
more csrrie the com -fells of the frowatd headlcrg and make them meet with
darknefie in the day time, and grope in the noone day , as in the night.
5. Sjmpt. ofthecertainedeftruftionof tho Sedariesis this, That Inde-
bendencie and Stftarifme in England is a meer Faction, a partie grown to this
height upon particular interefts, nourished and favoured all upon poi{tike
grounds and ends : Independencie now is no religious confcientious bufineffe;,
but a pclitike State Facfaon, fevering and dividing it felfe upon other private
iotercfts from thepublike interefts of this Church and State, and the inte*
reft of both Kingdoms, united by Covenant : In a word *ris juft Cuch ano-
another Fjftion as the Arminians was in the Netherlands. I believe that fe-
ven or eight years ago Independencie and the Church way hsd fomwhat of
Ktligicn and ccnfcience in ir, manie then falling to it much upon thofa grounds
(though c ven then there were other ends in it alfo, as Anupoj p 1 1 , 8
J hive ftiowne in my Ant <tpo logic.) But now fince
thefe times of troubles and difference betwixt King and Parliament, thefe
foi:re years 1 ft pair, wherein men h? ve feen fomc piobabilifie and poflibilitie,
in thefe times of waire and unfettlement of things, to bring about and i ffidr
thofe thing^ they could not hopt for before, it hath been ind is matter offa-
ftirn3 partic-alar aimcs and ends, and not of confidence and pietie., as all wife
sr*en may fee, and ii apparent by thcle particulars s ,
1 5 i A further Di ft over if ef the En ours
Firft 'tis not carried on as a way of God, as i matter of Religion ind Con-
Icience, in Gods way, and with Gods means; but carried on altogether
with policie, art, plots, trickes, equivocations, menuil refervations, lies,
lalkneile, doing anie thing though never founjuft and unrighteous, if it will
turther and ad vantage, that way, ind hinder its oppofite, vi*. Presbyterie,
and the iettlement of the Church; yea, declining andforfaking the profeft
principles that way, and going contrary threunto, in razing the vsrie fundati-
ons ot Independence, and the Church way.
Secondly, There are multitudes of perlons in all places, who doc not fo
much as know or underftand anie of the principles of Independency and ths
Church way ; yea that hate moil of thole principles if they were tied to liva
according to them, that yet are great fticklers tor Independence , and the
Sectaries, yea, are the heads and patrons of it in all places, and upon all occafi-
on$, and this is obferved by manijj wife men, that take thofe who now arc
friends for it, and fhnd for it upon all occafions, among them all there is not
one in ten that confckntioufly and in his judgement holds that way to bee of
God, or is an Independent, which cleerly fhowes 'tis a Faction.
Thirdly, All other errours and opinions, Sectaries of all forts fas well as
independents) are encouraged, nouriihed, favoured, and the woifl of them
though being fo abominable, 'tis not anie policie to appcare for them; yet on<j
way or other, under one notion or other, are pleaded for, dealt gently with,
either delayed and put off, or brought cff by one meanes or other, and are free
ly fuffered to grow and increafe, and no way taken to fupprefle or difcouraga
them, which cleerly £howes Independency is a Faction, and hath other de-
fignes then that of Confcience, in furthering the growth of all forts of Sect i-
tics, holding tenets againft their principles as well as ours, by Licenfing their
Books, &c. and upon all cccafions, flutters and protects all forts of them.
Fourthly that Independence is a Faction, and not matter of Cpnfcicnce,
ippeares becaufe alithefc following forts and ranks of men come in unto it;
i. Needie, broken,dec*ied men, who know not how to live, and hope to get
Ibmthing, turn Independents and (ticklers forir. 2. Guilti.% fufpiciows and
obnoxious men, who have been or are in the lurc'i, and in feare and danger of
being queftioned,or have bin queftioncd,thcy turn independents to efcapeque-
itioning, orif quettijned, that fo they may come off the better, InJependency
being a Sanctuarie and the horns of the Altar where many obnoxious perfons
fly and are fafejand many of thefe guilty perfons that they may merit the more
prove fiercer Independents and Sectaries then manie others. 3 . Some who
have bulineffcs, caufes, and matters depending, ftrikc in with the Independent
Seftaries, pleading for them> that fo they may finds Friends, be fooner dif-
patcht,
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patent, fare better in their caufes, &c. 4. Ambitious, proud, covetous men,
who have a mind to Offices , places of profit, about the Army, Excife, &c.
turnabout to the Independents, and are great zealots for them. ?. Liber
tines and loofe perfons, who have a defire to live in pleafures, and enjoy their
lufts, and to be under no government; they are fierce and earneft for Inde
pendents, and againft Presbytery. 6. All wanton-witted, unftable, errone
ous fpirits of all forts, all Hereticks and Sectaries Itrike in with Independen
cy, and plead they are Independents, 7. Such who have no minde to peace,
p.or to the fettlement of things,either out of hope whileft thin gs remain un-
fetlcd, Biihops and former times may come in again; or that love to fifh in
troubled waters, or are afraid to lofe Offices and Places that may fall with
the ending of thefc troubles, thefe perfons ftrike in with Independents, and
fide with them. 8. Many who in our Churches are difcontented at the
faithfiill preaching of their Minifters clofe to their confcienccs, at their Ad
monitions and Suipenfions from the Sacrament, becaufe loo£e, icandalous, or
becaufe of fome difference upon their Tithes, or ftich like, forfake our Affem-
blies, and betake themfel ves to Independents and Sectaries, of which I could
give divers inftances ; all which flnowes the Church-way and Independency
to be nothing elfe but a Faction: Now Factions and Parties in Kingdomes
and Commonwealths, though they may prevaiie to a great keight,and grow
for a time, efpecially in troublous unfetled States, in the Springs and Falls of
Kingdoms and Commonwealths ; yet when they come to be difcovered, laid
open, and come to fome head and ripenefle, they ufe to fall and be caftout:
If we confult with che Scriptures, or with the Hiftories and Chronicles of
JCingdomes, as the French andEnglifh,&c. wee flhali finde theftrongeft,
powerfylleft Factions and Parties both in Churches and States, who have
had divided interefts from the Ptiblike , have come downe and mifera-
bly pcrifhed: and we may fee this fully made good in the Anabaptifts of
Germany, theArminian Faction in the Netherlands, and our late Prelati-
call Faction, who though they were allgrownefo high, as they hazzar-
ded the ruine of the Countreyes and Commonwealths wherein they a-
rofe, yet they all fell and were brought downe, and fo (hall it be with
this Sectarian Faction ; can they think that either God, or thefe Kingdoms
will fufter thefe men long, or that the people will be alwaies bewitched
with them ? no., the eyes of men will be open, and they will be difcovered
every day more, and we fhall fee them falling down like lightning.
6. Sj-npt. Their reaching after, and medling with all kind, of pcrfons
and things, grafping of all at once, labouring to ingrode all Offices, places,
X power
1 54 ^ fank& DifteiMry»ftfa Erf Mrs
power into their hands,and thofe of their party, (kighting,abufmg, &
pling on one way or other,ail that ftand in their way,& are their oppofites»
ihere being nothing Military,Civil,Ecciefiafticall,but they have^n eye upon,
and do endeavour to have a hand in, not caring in the lead when it further?
their defignes, to difcontent all forts and ranks of perfons,King, Parliament,
our Brethren of Scotland, the City of London, reformed Churches, AfTem*
bly, the godly Miniftery of the K'ingdome, particular worthy perfons in the
Armies, among the Gent ry,&c. they make account to carrie all before them,
to get all to be for them by one means or other, and in time to breake all
that {hall dare to appeare againft them , or croffe their wayes. Now in all
States and Kingdoms Polupragmaticalnefle in fome perfons, greedineflfe and
over-haftinefle to have all, and thereupon offending and provoking many,
hath been a fore-runner of their fall : I (hall onelv infhnce in this King-
dome, and of the late times, which all remember. What it was that ruined
the Biihops and their party, but their grafping and medling with all at once,,
Church and Commonwealth together, England and Scotland Dock, provo
king alfo all forts of perfons againft them, Nobility, Gentry, Cicy, Mini-
fters, common people ? whereas (as many wife men would often lay, and
comforted themferves in the worft of thofe-times) if the Bifhops and that
party had dealt but with a part at once, one Kingdoms onely, as England, or
or the Church alone, or Commonwealth ateae, letting the other Kingdome
be quiet to enjoy their Lawes, and fleering ateR to enjoy Religion and their
Minifters, though they had fomeprefifures upon them in Commonwealth, yet
in all probability in time they might have had their wills: but now the Bi
ihops and that party opprelHng both Church and Commonwealth at once,
grafping to. have all, they will Idfball? a-n<twe fee what is befallen the Bi-
jhhops and that party : fo our Sectaries medling with both Kingdoms at once3
with Church and Common- wealth together; and having provoked all forts
ef men, Nobility, Gentry,Minifter?, City, People, our Brethren of Scotland;
will not be able to (land long, but King, Parliament, Scotland, City, Minifte-
ry, Countrey, will befo againft them, as they muft failj let who will or ca-n
hold them up.
7. S?nt?t. of the downfall of the Sectaries, is the great finnes and wicked-
nefle of that purty,who are even now ripe for judgment, and their iniquities
almoft full ; and I am confident, that'-for this many hundred years there hath
not been a party that hath pretended to fo much holinefle, ftrk^nefle, power*
cf godlineile, tendernefle of corifflience above all other men, as this r>ar-
^y hath done, that hath been guilty of fo great finnes , horrible wickedneiie^
provoking
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provoking abominations is they are. The Sectaries ire full of Epkralms gray
hiires (though they will not know it) and thffe following finnes and ccurfes
prefage their ruine, vi*. their deep hy pocrifies and pretences of Religion and
Confcience meerly to ferve their lufts, and to bring about their own ends, their
per juries and breach of folemne Covenant with God, making nothing at all
of it, their great untharkfulneflfe and ill ufe of Gods mercies and delive
rances, their great ingratitude and unkindneflc to men, particularly to oUr
Brethren of Scotland, their blodd gailtineffe in deftroying the lives of ma
ny by dipping weakly and ancient perfons in rivers in cold feafons , and
in the dtftroyirrg of fo manie foules by Errours and Herefies and drawing
them from their faithfull P»ftours, their horrible uncleannefles and iufts,
their fearefulll defpifing and mocking of all Godg faifhfull Minifters, and
Ordinances, their opprdftons, injuftice, and unrighteous dealings with mx-
nie they have had to doc with and where they have tnie power, their
bafe felf-feekings, feeking their owne things, their honour, profit, advance
ment of their Faftion under pretences of fclfe- deny all, and the publikc good,
their holding of damnable Herefies and all kinde of abominable Errours, their
horrid blafphcmies againft God, Chrift, the Scriptures and all his Ordinan
ces, their Machiavillian policies, Jefuiticall equi vocations ,f*lfnerTe and treache-
roufnttfr, their underminings and laying (hares for men, their countenancing
ftanding for the unworthieft vileft of men, fo they will be for their faction,
their juftifying and pleading for a Toleration of all religions, and confciences,
even to blafphemies againft (Sod and his Word^their inventing of lies and raf
fing fcandalls upon the worthieft and innocenteft men, as Minifters and others
to blaft them with the people, their prophanenefleand loofeneffe of life in ma
king nothing of the Lords day, daies of Paft aad Thankfgiving, nor of holy du-
ties,as praying, &c. their carnall confidence and trafting in arms of flcfli, their
ufing ot wicked and unjuft waies, and means fo compafle their ends, not ft an.
ding upon any rules, or keeping to any principles, fo it may advantage them,
violating bonds of friendfhip, going againft the Iswes of Nations, joyning
with the worft of men againft good men, labouring to fow divifions among
brethren, raKing evillreports,fomenting jealoufies, and ufing all waies in their
power to ingsge the two Nations in a war one againft the other, not caring to
hazzud the ruine of all for the upholding of their faftion. Many cftheSefta-
rics have forfeited all principles of ingenuity and confcience, and will not ftand
bpon any thing thit may probably doe their worke for them : they will tsk<s
counkllof B**lz,tbMb the God of Ekron whether they (hall recover, ufe the
Deviils mesnes?, as lying, breach of promifef, joyning with wicked men,
&:. for pretended iibcrtie of Confcience and upholding their way.
Xa la
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In * Word, they ire like that Judge fpoken of in the x.8. of £*V» which
feared not God," neither regarded r»en ;,all they regard is the effrftng of
their ctdignes, and other things m order to tint. And as many Sedhries are
in thefe too faulty and guilty, fotheverie beft of them that I know, their
Miniflers, and others who are leaders , and have been anie long time of the
Vide indecent. razing way, and unfterftand the ftate of thing*, they are ex-
tbevowtcfcwd.it!onj*g> treiinly faulty in patronizing all kind of Sedhrhs, and
3;4jf« being againft all the w»ie$of fapprefling them, in ufing
tUfubtill politike waics and devices to hinder and dehy the Reformation, in
joy ning with bid men agtinft what they acknowledge g^od, in g^ing againft
their owne principles, razing their owne foundation;; befides, they are
rerie proud, lofty, touchy, full of equivocations, refervationj, pretences,
pretending one thing, and doing quire other wile; fo that I may lay of them
With the Prophet Micah^The be ft of them is A britr, the moft upright tejbtrper
then a tbornt-hfJige' and therefore the day of their vijitxtiin comctb, nob jh*H
be their perpltxtty. And Certainly, thefe fearfull finnej and ftrange wayes ('ef-
pecially in men who have pretended to more fanftitie and holineffc then othet
men, having alfo, upon thofe pretences of greater puritie, &c. grounded their
great Separation and Divifi^n from all the reformed ChurchesJ muft needs
provoke God to vifit and to punifh them fevertly ; and becaufe of his
great Name which they hive taken upon thqmand foprophaned, God will
IDS findified (unkfie gieatand fpeedy repqntance prevent it) jn punifoing
them fooner and more, remarkably then the Prdaresand thei. partie : And-
therefore in the clofe of this Symptoms of the downsfall of the Sefts, I
ihall, in the name of the Presbyterian party , and of allthofe who are for
thefolemne League and Covenant in both Kingdome5, make ufe of thofe
words to and sgiinft the Scdsrier, Wi ich both King-
*Tb* DeclnratiM oftfe domes (up;>n thecwr.ing in of our Brethren of Scot--
Kjngdcmt tfF.agland and j,n(j^ ufed-in their jpym Declaration to and agiinft the
b!e Houfci of the
„ ,
m*tofM*gl*xJ> ul" An<* C**e *bf* ™e mMttatnf, With Ail the
Convtntitn of formed Churches t and Which hath been Vfit*(ff?d and
e K.ia&done if ffAlcdby th$ tfflit»cniftfu^rirgs a*ct- bh*d of
$cotfaxd,inthi)eaT 1*4}. Confeffoxrs, *nd Martyrs, again]} the fartjtf,
ft it ion and tyranny of Axticknft. Y-ke gloric of h a
Nanoe, tht exaltation of the Kingdon^ofku Son^ a»d the vrefcrvAiion of his
Church, axd of this ll-wd from utter mine and dtviftMion U our <timet and
the exd Which iV/ have before, cur cies.Hu Covenant have \*>c in h 9th Nttiont (o-
and&bfcribedj&kicQ he would not have fW in our hearts to ac.if
And Praflices ef the Sett tries. 157
had been minded t o deftroy w , The many prayers and /implications which thf/e
jytanyjeares laft paft, but fjpeciatfj of hte have been offered up with facing and
humiliation^ and Withfirong crying and tears unto Hm that is Able to deliver
A*d five Hf, are a feed which prcmift unto Hi <* plentiful! hurvefl of comfcrt an&
kappintfie : and the tsfptftrff, esftheifmt, Idcl.itrie^Bljjphemic, Pro^neatjff,
Crudtic, Excefff, and open mcckf^g 9 f aU god line ft and honeftie have filled.
Up the ctfp of air advt* tariff to the brim, au,i threaten their (pftdy and
fear fall d< ftruttion, twit fit it be preventedbj fuch extraor dinar it repentance ,at
(etwtth not yet to have entrra i>it* their hearts.
8 Sjwt>t. is this, When God hath at fome times teftified againft them,
and fpit in their faces, as by laying open their nakednefle, and fully difco-
vering their ways, by fome books written, by fome Sermons preached by
godly Minifters, by cafting fome rubs in their way, in itirring up the Citic of
London to appeare againit them, or in difappointing fome of their pur-
pofes byftrange and unexpected paffages of his providence from Heaven,
yet upon none of thefe occaiions have they repented of their deeds to give
God glorie, or humbled themfelves before his Minifters fpeaking to them
from the mouth of the Lord, or abated of their fpirits ; but contrariwife,
have gnawed their tongues for pain, blafphemed the more becaufe of their
pains and fores, and ftirred upthemfelves \vichfomuchthcmore induftrie
andfubtiltie, to plot and work by all kind of wayes and meanes to hcale
their wounds : and I could give many inftance?, how upon fuch books co
ming forth, and upon fuch ads of providence, which a man would have,
thought fhould Have made them give over, they have been more refolved,
active, defpcrate, betaking themfelves to evill wayes and ftrange courfes for
the faving_of themfelves, asaipfrdngand railing fcandals and falfe reports
upon the perfons whom they think have wounded them, as in the weekly
Pamphkters venting fome defperate pafl'ages, and putting forth ftrange
books upon the nick of things, with many other wayes, all which wife men
cannot but obfcrve ; in which courfes they have been like Balaam, ,Numb.2?.
going on their way refolvcdly, though the Angell of the Lord have ftood
in their way with a fword drawn, and their fett have been crnfhcd againit
the wall. Now it is a great fymptome of deftmclion and ruine to a partie,
or to particular perfons, when the hand of God is lifctd up againft them,
that they will not fee ; and that when God wounds them, in Head of fal
ling down before him, they feek to cure their wounds by unlawful! means ^
and that when he powis out vials upon them, and icorches them with great:
h,eat, they blafphcrue, and do not repent, that when hee. flops them, they
will drive more furioufly, and that when hee makes . mens pride teftihe
to-
158 A further Difcovery of the Err ours
to their faces, they do not return norfeek him for all this: This is the fore
runner of deilruction in the Antichriftianpartie, Revel. 16. 8,p, ic, n. And
this was a fore-runner of deftruction in the Prelates and that partie; that
after their great and long profperitie and fuccefl'e, when God did by wri
ting, preaching, railing up of witneffes teftifie againft them, and did by other
acts of his providence erode them, in raifmg up theKingdome of Scotland
againft them, yet they would not give in, nor abate; and when a peace was
concluded with Scotland upon the Kings lirft going into the North, and they
might have enjoyed their h'onours, greatnefl'e, for all that, they wrought fo
upon the Kings returne, as to procure thofe Articles to be burnt by the hand
of the common Hang-man, and -the war to go on, which proved their mine
and fatall deftruction. And fora conclufionof this Symptome, I will end
it with thofe words of the Prophet ifiixh, L^d, \V^e* thy h*nd is lifted up,
ihsy will not fee; but tkiy fb*& jeet undbe afotrpcdfor their tnvle tove.irds thy
peopte : yra, the ft' c of thine enemies fo^B, devouretlasm. Lord3 tkottvtilt er-
(t#ine pftce far us : for thort A/fo hi (I wrought aS ottr works for MS . And though
k be a fad thing, that men holding forth a profeflion of Religion fhould
fall to thofe wayes, and grow toiuch an height as I have laid open; yet I
am perfwaded it is a good hand of God, and his fpeciall providence and
mercie to his Church inthefe Kingdomes, to leave the Sectaries to fall in to
fomany evils, to take fuchftrange wayes thus to difcover themfelves, and
to proceed fo far, that fo the Kingdomes knowing them well, they might
in the iflue be more effectually cured, and perfectly delivered from them :
for, hadthefe men kept themfelves within the compafle of a few of their
opinions, and carried things faire, and not broke out as they have done, we
(hould have thought them good holy men, been much taken with them, and
many would have been deceived by them ; yea, in time they might have got
fuch an intereft, and had fuch an influence, as to have corrupted all; but now
having thus early difcovered themfelves, both in matters of Chu-rch and
State, in opinions and practices, this hath fo opened the eyes of this King-
dome, yea of both, that it will caufc them to abhor and abominate them
as a wicked Faction, whofe principles would bring in an univerfall Anar
chy, both upon Church and State, overthrowing all Minifterie,fetled Go
vernment, and order in the Church ; being againlt Kingly Government, the
Ho ufe of Pee res, Houfe of Commons (unlefse adplacitttm, and fo long as
the common people like them ; ) and all power of Magiftrates (in capital!
matters over Church members) in the Commonwealth; and who cared not
to have facrificed the Religion, peace, kappinefse of thefe Kingdomes, upon
the ambition, furie, pride, luft, opinions of Anabaptifh, Libertines, Seekers,
Brownifts,
and PraftieesoftkeSettAries. 159
Brovvnifts, Independents: And therefore, however the Sectaries may flatter
themfelves in the encreafeof their partie, in the power they have in fomc
places, in the favour they find among fome great men; yet let them know,
notwithstanding their policies, all their arms of flefh, all their friends in the
Armies, in the 'Koufe of Commons and inb Com- aMr.prinsDifcovc,icof
mittces which they fo boaft of, yet God will over- prodigious new lighrs,
throw them ; and thefe eight particulars are certaine fhcwesfbme salaries baa-
fymptomesof their ruinc; and let who will do what fiingof their fric»A is tbt
thev can to uphold them, yet God will bring them »^{ 6(Cc"*i"' , -.
jr. , ,r I * Somt SefttneitKtvtfaid
dovvne; for, vtoMrkejfrn*g.+ tkegr*ffet *»d**the xtgf^HbobweuUa
Barkers of txiqttitif fljurrfa, th'n is it tl\^t they fcjill (ft mt) tkat ^cre is retet A
dfftroyfJ Sot evrr : And therefore let us be couragi- Comtt.ltitt «b*ut Lcvdont
ous and faithfull to the caufc of God, contending but thy bwt fame friend
ttrnclllj ic* the Uirb *hith V* onct atUvtrtd ,» the ""<*' '» l'>th<" ?&*
_ . •- ' . . , . r , , c o tu any of them u in q>ie-
Sttnts ; and let us be t* Mhtnf ierrifittt by tht iecta- ^ g^ei lhctfl vot-tce Of
ries. And to all the Symptomes I have given already ,v, and of the ^nhl* «-
(being to many fore-runners of their fall) let the ga'nt^ibem^dacqitainta
Reader confider this, Th.it they have their deaths «*?« ™tb l^ P*tc lf
wound already, thcfatall arrow fticks in their (ides, *"&•
and having begun to fall, they fhall furely fall : and that (befides the Citic of
London, and other inftruments) God will honour our Brethren of Scotland,
to make them a great means of their railing ; and they lliall fall before the
Scots (whom they have fo vilified and unworthily dealt with) as the Prelati-
call and Popiili partie did : and, me thinks, the way of Gods proceedings all
along this way of Reformation, and many pufsages-of his providence hint &
point it out tons; for the Sectaries are a Faction alike oppofite to our Bre
thren of Scotland, viz. the other extreme; and all along, from firftto lair,
God hath made the Scots inftnimentall for the good of this Kingdome, and
bringing things thus far. And that God will honour the Kingdome of Scot
land, and the Church-reformation according to their way,to bring down the.
Sectaries, let the Reader confult with M. Brigbtman (a man of a propheticall
fpirit)in hisExpofition on the Church of Philadelphia,Rev.3. 8,9,1 r.where he
{hcws,that Church to whom fo many promifesare made, to be the reformed
Churches of Geneva, France, Scotland, and thofe who are according to that
way of Reformation in Doctrine and Church Government ; and among ma
ny things ofcfervcd by V. Bri^htm^ on that place, ! {hall only point at two.
' i. That Philadelphia (the type of Genera, Scotland, and the Churches of
that Reformation) is moft famous for truth of .Doclrinc: As for truth of
Dodlrinc, where is tkre any place in the whole world ctufter and.foun-der ?
Here,
A further Difcoverie of the Ertonrs
Quod autem ad rerlta-
tem DoRrinx fpcctar,
ubi caihor & integrior,
vclin iruverfo terrarum
orbe.'TotiisPapatujhic
Jug-ulatur: Anabaptift*,
Antitrminrii, Arriani,
& hujufmodi monftra,
cxcitata rurfum ab infe-
ris, partimin Germanu,
pjrtmi in 'i raafylvania,
nufquam ncnorem ho-
ftem invcnerunt ; quid
ctiam non tcntivent ut
Gcrmanicis Ecclcliis c;--
rores fuos cveHcrcc ?
B'ightmw. in ~>tf>oca!)p.
?<z^n. In Antitype,
ludasifun: quotquot er-
loribtis implica.i, fibi
unis veKtatem, fidem,
falutem, protnifliones
Dei arrogant, nihil nifi
Templutn , Templum
crcpanres ; quales fue-
runc Arriani Epirconi
fub Canjiantino, Cwfian-
lio> & fa'ente. Vide
plura
Here the whole Papacie is deftroyed,j Anabaptifts,
Antitrinitarians, Arrians, and fuch monflers raifecj
again from Hell, partly in Germany, partly in Tran-
fylvania, never found a lliarpcr enemy.
2. By thofe who fay they are Jewes, and are not,
verf.p. in the Antitype are all thofe who holding er-
rours, do arrogate alone to thcmfelves truth, faith,
falvation, the promifcs of God,boafting nothing elfe
but the Temple : fuch were the Arrians under Con-
ft tntinc , ConftAniliu , Vdens ; and fuch arc at this
day the Papifts, glorying in Peters Chaire : thcfc
will be accounted the only Catholikes, and their
Church the only Church of Chrift, &c.
Now if wee confider well of thefe two thing?,
I. We (hall find no Church founder for Doctrine than
the Church of Scotland., nor greater enemies, not
only agatnft Papacie and Prelacie, but againft Ana-
baptifts, Seekers, and all kind of Sectaries, than they
are. 2. Wee fliall not among all Heretikes and Secta
ries that have been fince the writing of this Epiftle,
find any that have more refembled the Jewes, in boa-
fling themfelves to be the only people of God, than
the Sectaries of our times, the Anabaptifts, Indepen
dents, who extoll themfelves for the only Saints,
calling themfelves the Saints, the people of God, the
Church ; and their way is called by them the Church-way, Church-fellow-
(hip, Chnfts way, and that all who are not of their way are without, &c. fo
that thefe words do moft fully agree to them, Vthofiytbty are Jevtgt^ and
*re not, but do Ije \ and therefore to conclude this Corallarie,all the promifes
made to Philadelphia, do belong in a fpeciall manner to our Brethren of
Scotland: as,
Firft,That God will make them come (viz. thofe who are the Antitype to
thofe Jews, the Sectaries, Anabaptifts, Independents, that whole Faction)
and worfhip before their feet, and to know that God hath loved them • that
is, they {hull overcome and triumph over thefe Sectaries : and however they
have been hitherto abufed and fcomcd by them, neither have thefe unthank-
full men acknowledged my love% from that fingular gift of zeale, picric,
which I beftowed upon thee -y yet I will adorn thee with thofe things which
are in great account in the world : than Unit have victories over thefe
enemies,
And Preface s of the Stttarks. 1 6 i
cntmies,and thou (halt enrich thy (elf with their fpoilcs $ fo chac no man butflull
be compelled co acknowledg thee deerly beloved, whom, above all hope, they
fhall fee fo wonderfully encreafed. O Church of Scotland, and all yee chac are
for Reformation Presbyceriall againft the Seftaries, nourimyour hopes by
thefe things , ncicher let your hearts be troubled whatever the world (peaks
againft you.
Secondly, Becaufe they have kept the word of G jds patience, yiJe Bryhtm. in
G jd will keep them from the houre of temptation which mill lac- t*s- s6-
come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth : That is be-,
c*mfe they ftood for my Doftrine and truth with a great deale ofdanger, and
ycc with a great deale of patience have conftantly continued in their duty • F
will therefore deliver them out of their dangers, I will not fuffcr them to finck'
and perifli in their trulls, but I will give them (trength whereby they (hall not;
onlyftrongly beare their calamity, but they (hall al(b over-corns and bs
conquerors; not that the houre of temptation fhall not at all touch thefe-
Philadelphians, ( for it can hardly be in the common calamity of the whole
world, that they fhou! d be wholly free ) but to keep them from the houre of
temptation, is to deliver them as God fayed them from the hands of their
enemies, that* is, deliver them, 2.jMg.i8.
3. Him that o ver-commech God will make a Pillar in his Temple,he (hall go
no moreour,&c.thatis, Godpromifes to make that Church over-comrning,
being an Hcbraifmf nominatim jbfiluti and the reward is,that that Church fhall
be like a Pillar in the Temple of God, that is,(hall remain firm and lafiing in the
Churcryieuherflnll that Church feare any ruineor deftru&ion, however the
raine falls, the flouds bear, the winds blow, and all things withajoyntforce
break in upon them. The fpirit of God alludes to the two videBr«g/;t^»»«M;«
Brafen Pillars placed by Sokmon in the Temple of God, «^««(^ p^g. 57.
which (et forrfi the (lability ofthelbnnesof God. And fo by the grace of God is
this Church not tainted nor corrupted with Scbifme and bale defection as
the Church of Sardu was, which having no care of a full Reformation, by the
juft judgement of God loft the mofl of the people.
CoRALL. III.
T T Ence then from all the(e ErroursjHerefies, Bla/phemies, and Praftifes of
AJLthe Sectaries, v;e may (ee what a great evill and fin (eparation is from the
communion of the Reformed Churches, and how highly difpleafingto God!
for men to make a Schifme and Rent in the Church of God in a time of Rt for
mation, God puniming the Schifme and Separation of our rimes with Ibmany
Heretics, Blafphemies, wicked prac\if€?,&c. as I have laid down in this and my
Y former
A further Discovery of the Err ours
former Book, wherein God witnefies from Heaven againft the prefenc fepara-
tion in giving men up to great fpiricuall judgements and evills; and indeed
God'teftifies more againft the Sectaries of our times, then againft the old Brow-
nifts and Separatifts, leaving the Sectaries of thefedayesto fall into greater
Errours/HercfiesBlafphemi-rs, and more pernicious Pra&ifes then the former,
few of themin comparison falling either to thofe Opinions or Praftifes which
generally the Separaufts do now, but held to their firft principles me re; a
great rea£bn whereof I conceive to be this, the old Separates having greater
icapdals, and more juft occafion of feparating then the new 'the old Separates
being like men ftealing upon need, or fome wanr, the new like thofe who fteale
upon wantC'nnef!e,aud for their pleafure, the c n^like wives and children going
awa-y and leaving harflb, bitter, hard, unkind husbands and parents, the other
fbr/f king loving and kind husbands and Parents allowing them all things fit-
ir$. and. that can reafonably be defircd)their iinne was not fo great then as now,
andfo the punifhment notfo great: There are two wayes to judge of the
greatnefleoflinnes, andofGodsdifpleafureagainft them, either by the nature
and kind of them, viewing i\\?mfirmaliter in their formality, or in the effefts
and fruits of them effiftive : Now this Corallary leads me to judge andfpeak
ofSchifmeand Separation in the latter, and among all punifbnunts the enefts
and fruits, which declare the greatnefle of any finne, fpirituall judgemen:s and
punijfKments arc the foreft and ladeft. The punimmsut upon the Heathen^
[Rom.i. 2i.24.,&c.)wben they kjewGodJor not glorifying him as Ggd^and fir their
idolatry, it givingtbemtip to uncltaneneffe and vileaffettions, to a reprobate mind to
do thofe things which are not convenient , fujfcring tbsm to be fitt with all unrighteonf-
wjfiy:wiGk£dnejfi,covetGufai'jJe>m:ilitiouJ'fieffi) deceit, maHguitjtydshate, tobt pronds
tnventerj afevitt things 3 rvi'-hoHt natural! affettion, Coven mi-Ire alters ^ imphca~
l>h,&c. (2,Thef.2.ii.) The judgement of God upon th^ Antichriftian world
as a fruit of their fin innot receiving th; truth in love, is Gods fending them
prong dtlaftons that thsyjhmld bekeve a fye; 2. Tim. 13. and the punimment of
God upon Seducers }s,tbat they/hs/l wax ry^fe jndworfe, deceiving and being de
ceived, that they who are filtby fbill bef'iby fall; Revel.22 I r. Now the judge
ments of God upon the Heathen Idoh<ers, upon the Antichriftian Faftion,
upon Seducers and filthy perfons, ar* up m-the Sihifruaucks and Separatiftsof
bur times:God hath given them up to /careful Opinio.is^o damnable Berefies,
blafphemieSjGod hath fent ftrong delufions to bcleevt Iyes3ftrange conceits,and
God hath left them to all kind of filthynefFe , imrighteoufnefle, uncleanneflt,
unnaturalneflt, See. Whomever dothbm read ard confider iheFirftand Se
cond Pare of Gnngf&n*> muft needs fay thai God hates Schifme and Separation,
in leaving thole who are guilty of it, to do thofe things they do daily : I may
truly
and Vra&ices of the Se&arief. 163
truly fay God hath fet rnarkes and brands upon this way of Separation, not
only burning them in their bands, but branding them in their foreheads.
Schifme hath Cains nurk and brand upon it of a Fugitive and Vagabond upon
the earth : How do we ice in daily experience our Sectaries have no reft, but
wander and go from one Errcur and way to another till they quite loie them-
(slves? being Saint Juki rjgit£ wives (f the Sea foaming out their own foxme^
wwdringStJrs tojvbim is rtfrvsd the blackpeffi of dsrkneffe /tr«w?Tbepu»
nifhment of Schifms and separation from the Church, is Separation from
God3Herefie, Biafyheuiy, ^tlieKm, uncleannefle, unrighteonfiieffe. Schifine
doth moft eaiiiy dra;/ into h.?refie, and we hardly ever knew or read of any
* Schifme in thc-Curch wMch did not , ^il1m l:i^i(lt ad Timmcap. 3. Vf*e(fc
a Herefie tjiat itni'ght dclervedly SchifmaullumquoJnonaliquam confingat hzre.,
r fj ..« ~ *~>l, i Tl,,, ^^:^« fim ,ut ab Ecclefia meritorecefiifleudeatur.
tO forfake the Church: The ancient QuiainqUeen:mlaHcJr in Enorem aliquem, &
S Iren^^^Cjvrim^ do excellently ab unitateEcclefixfedivellinunquam patitur3illc
L r i ~ • ' ~r i .U^, /"»!, . u Error in eoefTeporert hoerefismatcrialiier, non
rh.OU; WllO rorfake the Church form,liter;n0n enim in eo eft percinacia, qui EC-
do neceflfarily iall iiltO moft fouk ErrOUrS cleliaeilli adbzrct.aqua paratuseftdoceri.M.^w.
. n L f rr«L j/X- c *o»»wDiDominisaeRepubI. Ecclef. 1. 7.c, IQ.
againlt the truth Ot tilth, and JOme Ot ^Mg^ft contra Iie.Petil. lh. I. Scbifina cmma
them (how that Schi.'me is a worfe and ftrf«afiip«gieditur.
more pernicious ev ill in the Church of God then Herefie, and no Errour will
be a compleat and formed Herefie in any faithfull man, if Schifme be not joyn-
ed,and (b confcquently it will not much hurt the Church of God : But Schifme
ofitfelf, even with found Doftrine in every poinr}is a moft greivous wicked-
nefle which exceeds all other wickednefle. I might ouc of the Fathers enlarge
and (how the great evil! of Schifme both in it felf and the effcfts of if, how 'tis
a greater evill to rend the Church, then to wor/hip Idols ; yea,that Martyr-
dome it felf cannot profit a Schiftnatick, that 'tis fo great an evill that the bloud
of Many rdjme cannot blot it out, foCypr. andC%/3/f. and that God hath
more fcverely punifhedit then murthsr and other great crimes. Corah 3 Uathan,
and 9s4liram for their Schifm Were pu- *^MWW.i.D;ftant!amefrcdtIL1oru^,autre.
nifhed more feverely , with the earth o- miuioteftimr, autpzna, &quod;4aracfi!€gos&
• r n • i ' i parriciaamnon feccrat, infdfinsticosfeet. .^da~
pemng and fwallowmg them up quick, ^.£^.142. Quifeerunt MoiumufiMtagfc;
then Cain, and then thofe who made an *»«»»f«wip»i:|B«, 50! wrofchiflB»a»t
/- 4. /^^. j * a- L T voJucrunr, Ljatu wrrxprincipes devorati.& tair
j 10 QptatMt and rfHguftW, DUt I ba eonreatiens igue confumpta eft .- Divcrfitatc
fliall leave the enlarging ofthele , and the P^run^Jivcrfitss agnoiclcur meri:orum.
adding of more to a Tra&ate I intend of the nature of Schiftne ; only by this
and all the dreadfuU examples laid down in the Firft and Second part of Gan-
gr<f24,as Wrigbter, Clarion, Hicbt Wtbb^ "B^gis, Oats, Jenmyy Miftris Attarvay^
Nichols 9T>enne^c. we may learn to fee that Schifhi and Separation are great
evills highly dif pleaiing to God , and that we have great reafon to ftiun and
Y 2 fl^
1 64 A further D if cowry of the Err ours
%c from them, as from a Serpent, left wee become Monfters of men, and
God give us up to a reprobate fenfe and a fpirit of Errour. In a word, to
conclude this Cor-aHarie, what the Apoftle fpeaks to the Corinthians of Ido~
later$?&c, long before their time, that thefe things happened unto them for
Camples, and thefe things were their examples., to the -intent they fhould
siot be Idolaters, &c. that I may fay of our times, that all thefe fpirituall pu*
•nifhments on Schifmaticks in our dayes and times are our examples to the
intent that wee fhould not feparate from this Church , and fet up othec
Churches, left God let us fall from Independency to Anabaptifm, andAnti*
nomianifm, and from Anabaptifme to be Seekers, and from Seekers LO be
Antifcripturiftsj and Sceptiks,yea,Blafphemers and Atheifts,.
CORAL!. IV,,
"Ence then we fee from all thefe Errours, Herefies, Blafphemies, proceo
.dings of the Sectaries, That Magiftrates, Minifters, and other Chriftiansj
Jvlafte.rs of families, Parents,&c. have been afleep^and too carelefle,that fo ma
ny tares have been both fowed,and are grownup to fuch an head : If the Magi*
ftrates, Minifters}.and Chriftians every one in their places and callings had
Jbeen awake and watchfull, improving their power,authority, gifts, for purity
of Doctrine and Unity, the field of this Kingdome could not have been fo
fowen with tares, nor the garden of this Church fo overgrown with weeds;,
yea, briers and thorns. Chrift tels us in the Parable, Matth.iy. 25. while men
"jlept, the enemy came twdfowcd tares amongthe wheat ; that is, the Divell takes
vide New Annotati- occafion by the negligence and flothfulnefie of thofe that have
cnr oaMatM3.25. the charge of others, to doe mifchiefe in Gods Church. The
Prophet Ifaiah fbowes, Ifa. 56,.p,io..that All the be aft s of the field, yea, the
&eafts of the forrcfr come to devoure : viz,. Hereticks and Schifmaticks ( refern-^
fcled to wolves, foxes, &c.) enter in, not fparing the Flock : and the reafon
'k^Thc-'watchmen are blinde, dnmh dogs, they cannot bcirk^, jleeping, Ijing dowrr,
loving to {lumber ; that is,. their Rulers,, bothEcclefiafticallaW.Civiil that
fhouid wawh the approach of the enemy, and be as watchfull maftives to give
warning oftheeves approaching to the houfe, or wolves to the flock, are ei
ther dumb, or drunk, or faft afleep. Andtruely, we may thank the connivance
and winking of Magiftrates, the tilence and forbearance of Minifters,ihe want
of zeal in Mafters and Parents,that fpirit of (lumber and (leepines that hath fa!-
len upon the Kingdom,for all the tares,wilde oats, and weeds that are grown
andfp'ningup among us : And to all the forts of Seels in this Kingdome which
,! have namecUs Seeker,s?&c. I may add this of Sleepers
and Prattifes of the Sectaries. i 6 5
am afraid: are the moft gencraJl of any other, there being too many Sleepers.
in all places, and among all ranks, in Citie, Countrey, among the Magiftrates,
Ivlinifters, and private Chriftians ; and would to God this were the word in
this Kingdome, that many both in Magiftracy and Miniftery were onely flee-
py and heavie, and, that they were, not in a dead fleep, in a lethargic that no
thing can awake them : but/tis too apparent that God hath powred out upon
many the fpirit of deep flcep^and hath clofed their eyes, even Rulers and Seers
hath hee covered y and all the Sermons, Books, Speeches (which one would
think would awaken, men) are at the \\ord of a hook^ that iifealed, Which mtn
deliver to one, faying,. Re ad this ; and he faith, I cannot, for it isfealed : nay, not
onely fo, but this is^the condition of this Church and State, that many who arc
dead, afleep as in reference to prevent orfupprefTe thefowing of Hereiies and
Schifms, are awake and alive, yca^watchfull at midnight,, and waiting upon all
opportunities to promote and further Herefic, Schilm, and to hinder, erotic
all means for the fuppreffing of them ; witnefle the many Emiflarics fenc
forth into moft parts of this Kingdome, witnefle the many books written, fer-
mons preached for them ; witnefle thofe who ftand up for, and ufe all means
to bring oft Sectaries when in queftion, &c. witnefle many (who profefle t»
be againft Independency, and for Presbytery, to be with us) that upon all oc-
cafions, even before the Parliament, and in other places, heal the hurt of this
Kingdome flightly, and dawb with untempered morter, preaching that our
errours are not fo many, that there are them who make them to be more then
they are, and call Truths of God Errours; and they fay, that in other times,
as in the Primitive Church, &c. there were greater errours, and therefore wee
need not be fo troubled. But (for my part) I look.upon this hike-warm tem
per, remiflenefle in reference to the faith one* delivered to the Saints, which
hath pofTefled fo many in this Kingdome, Magiftrates, Miniftcrs and people,.
as that which may hazz.ard all, and may once more provoke God to fpue our.
of his mouth the luke-warm Angel that is neither cold nor hot. And to draw
towards a condition of this, Illiall fpeak to thofe in authority in the words
of the Prophet David, Pfal.i, 10,11,12., Be 'frife now therefore Oyce Kings, be
inftrnttcdye fudges of the earth : Serve the Lord \V-lth feared rejoxe \\>ith trem
bling. Kifte the Son, left hee be angry, andjee per ifo from the Way. The fumme
of which Scripture is an exhortation to Kings, Parliaments, and ail forts o£
Governoursin high place, i. To lay afide pride, and felf-conceit of their
own carnall wifdomes, and with meekneflfe to receive the yoke and Govern
ment of Chrift laid down in his word, and by their Lawes and Ordinances to
ferve Chrift, in eftablifliing the true worfhip of God, and to fuppreiTe all falfe
ip and dodrine. 2. Hee calls upon Kings, and Judges to be wife ; i
1 66 A further Difcoverj of the Erroun
- plying? Firft, That the * conceit of their
(by which they are puffed
and Judges, are fubject to want fpirituall
wifdome, and to be fooles, to goe by crooked rules of carnall policie, as fere-
£^w,fearing to lofe parties,to part with any State-intereft,&c. rather then to
keep clofe to the word of God, to doe their duties, and to truft him. 3. The
Pfalm id teaches Kings and Judges wherein true wifdome and underftanding
confifts,^/*. in ferving the Lord with fear, and killing the Son ; not onely n
their own perfons ferving God, and fubjeding to him with che ki/ie of ho
nour and reverence as ordinary private men, but qiMtenm tales, as Kings and
Magiftrates, to fubmit their Scepters to Chrift, to ierve him, and to convert
the power they have received from God, to the propagation and defence of
* G«h de Ma iftratu oiriro, ^ls King^ome- Tnen in^eed (as learned * Cjerhard
scSt+rwverfcfafftSS, fpeaks) Kings and States/*™* Chrift, and kiffe him,
itfn?nque ofcui&ntur, fi non iffefo- if themfefoes doe not only receive the dottrine of Chrift
linn doftrittam Chrtjti. rectyiunt , ' t /. / ' / r • i i >r • i i
AC fide am^ieauntur, fed ei jam an<* imbrtice it by faith ; 0ftt Mjo With the power given
divinMtfibi dttahocef. t^cm Ofcfod,fee to thi*, that purity of dottrine (ball be
ficiftnt, ut pwitat atarin* in EC. - '
3 Ut fHrtim ao<.irj7i<e in tic. r I • I XV I rli • i r ,^
confervctur , idotoiatri* & frcjcrved in the £ hurch , Idolatne andfalfe
f*i[lc»ltu, Meant™, W'bo- fiau ye abolished, wolvesjhall be driven from the fold of
vtli Dawtntco arceantvr., Mtntftri J , ,n . •; ._ . , . • „ J,
Eccjefi* comrade ahntur,&c. C hnjt , the Mtnijters oj the Church JJjall be competently
* Aug. Epift. \66. Et qu&usdi- -provided for ,&c. And * Anflin (fpeaking upon thefe
^ee^ifl?VKNtnn^E.°gfbu^ ver^es of the Pfalmift in one of his Epiftles) faith, To
jLt quonam mo do fetviunt Domi- ^hom is it fyokgn [[Serve the Lord with fear,&c.] ? Is
™nw^Do^ij*jbjiunt' rdiTio- ^ not to Kings ? But how do Kings ferve the LordVtith
fa feveritattfrobibendo f fitter fear, unlefte it be by a religion feverity forbidding thofe
cnira eorum quifque fervit qu'ta, i • .../ . / • /f* , i j r t r
tmo, aiittr qJ* Rex eft: earn things ^fhich are agamfl the commands of the Lord?
quit homo,, fervit viver.da fideii- for every one of themferves him after one manner as
ter ; out A verb Rex eft, jervit / /•• / / . T_.
Leges fwtyeHtes , &<ontt*rl* "ee ** <* m-w> ajter another manner as hee u a King :
pthibentes convenient* ngo?e fin- for as heeuaman, hee Cerves him in living faithfully :
ciendo. J, , . „. t r i- • *i- V y
but At hee u a K ing, heejerves him m making Lawes
commanding just things, and prohibiting the contrary : lilse AS Ezechias^-
<ved him in deflroying idols, groves, and high-places ; like as Jofias fer'ved him,
&c. 4. God by the Prophet here threatens Kings and Judges, that if
they doe not ferve him with fear , and kifle the Sonne, hee will be angry
with them , and they (hall perifri from the way : that is, the fudden fury
of God (hall furprize and intercept them whileft they are in the midft of
their
and Ptaftices of tke Sectaries. 167
TO * Cahn in PH.].:. I = . ?«»><• ^ *« ^W.?« expwnnt prtpter vla»
pcrifh or be loft in the way ^^«S^^!SS!W*^aS^S;:
fodden deftruction ,;<,,,„, fw interciftdlfalitHiDeifurcr.^mfefutabant adbuctjfe n
,
Off -U~ or*. m ^ninjT mtfafiadio: Scions enimut Dcicovtemf tore, Jilt t» fecunJ* prtunt
whileft they are m doing fc/^^.. .c/t,JMtj #. ?M/Z iw/^<a«pc.y,iJ&r«f. M,» ^ »•< *g.r«j
their actions ; fo ss4i»fivorth mhi*turFr«fbtt*,vua»tixtrfot3 TJX <? fecurita!,fe£roc»l Aftare i
upon the place. /^^»e,,^»™
And for a conclufion of this Corallaiy, O that any particular Members of
Parliament who are for pretended liberty of conference, a Toleration of Seels,
favourers of Sectaries, and out of thofe principles hinder all they can the fet-
ling of Religion and Government by civill fanction, would often and fadly
meditate upon this Scripture, and be wife now (whileft there's time) thus to
ferve the Lord, left fuddenly, when they leaft think of it, they perifh from the
vvav,and God make them examples,for adhering fo pertinacioufly to the Secta
ries and that party. They may read in Ecclefiafticall Stories what hath befalh
Princes for not ferving the Lord in fear, and killing his Son ; and they fee be
fore their eyes the many evils that have befallen the King, and the great
ftraights to which hec hath been reduced for favouring too much the Popifli
and Prelaticail party againft the minde and humble defires of both his King-
domes : and can particular perfons think (who are not Kings, but under that
title of Judges) that they canprofper long in (landing for a Sectarian faction
aaainft the minde of both Kingdomes,and that the Kmgdomes will not fee and
defire to underftand how it comes about ? andbywhofe means Jtis, that wee
having taken a Covenant for uniformity in Doctrine, Government, &c. and
for extirpating of Hercfie, Schifm, and the Parliament having declared and
made Ordinances for Presbyteriall Government, and declared in fome De
clarations and Remonftrances againft Anabaptifts, Brownifts, preaching or
men not ordained, and againft leaving particular perfons and Congregati
ons to their own liberty ; that yet- all things Qiould be done quite contrary
with an hi «h hand ? tor may not now whoever will boch preach and gather
fep a- ted Churches, print and act againft Presbyteriall Government, and for
all forts of Settles? Yea, fuch perfons are countenanced, preferred in all
places and to all kinds of Orrkes and imployments (which makes many turn
Independents) and the moft zealous cordiall men againft Sectaries are difpla
ced or difcouiitenanccd, or obftructcd, &c. Thefe things doe feem ftrange
andapainft all reafon, that the Parliament,profefling and declaring one thing,
vet the quite contrary in all things of this nature fliould be done dai y in Cine
and Countrey. In the worft times, when the King was moft mif-led by the
Councels of Prclats and evill men about him, there were not actions more
contrary in many Miniftcrs of State and other perions to Proclamations am
1 -
1 68 A further Difcovery of the Err our x
Declarations, then are now to Ordinances, Declarations and Votes of -Parlia
ment ; and yet we hear of few cenfured or made examples. Now the people
.cvery-where fay, Thefe things could not be, perfons durft not be thus bold to
doe thefe things, but that they know they have fome great ones to back them
and ftand by them • and the people enquire after, and fpeak who they be, and
queftionleifc will reprefent theie things as unfufferable, and as moft diflionou-;
rable to the Parliament, and they will humbly defire thefe things may be re
medied by the power and wifdome of the Parliament : and therefore O that
-ill fuch would be wife in time, be wife now, defert the Sectaries, further the
•ivork io much the more as before they have hundred it, for there is an empha-
* caK-. n Pfai 2 ,o. pfr ^e,K«w nunc.yz- fis and weight in that Adverb *norv, figni-
gnifictt mature mis ej]e refit *fien(ium3 quia tion fying they fhoilld do it fpeedily, bccailfe tllC
fame opportunity will not be alwayes given,
and the Pfalmift hints they may yet do it profitably if they make hafte ; but if
any doe perfift and goe on, working day and night, rolling every (tone to up
hold that party, he that ftrikes thorow Kings in the day of his wrath, will not
fpare them, and they {hall finde by fad experience, Vthen. his \\rath it kindled but
.a little, hleffed fire all they that put their trnft in him,
COR ALL. V.
HEnce then, from all the Errours, Herefies, Blafphemies, and wicked Pra-
clices that are to be found among the Sectaries in their Afiemblies and
Conclaves, let all fuch who have been deceived and drawn to them under
pretences of greater purity, holinefle, &c. and have any fear and awe of God
and his Word, be exhorted to leave and forfake- them, and to return to the
publick Affemblies, and communion of this and other Reformed Churches ;
and I fhall befpeak them in thofe words, Cant.6.i^.Ret^rn,ret^n}0 Shitlamite,
return, return, that Wee may look^upon thec • in the exhortation of the Apoftle
Peter, Save your [elves from this untoward generation ; and in that call from
Heaven, £omc out of her my people, thatjce be not partakers ofherfinnes, and
thatyee receive not of her plagues : I know there are many in the way who are
jiot of the way, that know not the depths of Satan, who are meerly deceived
out of their high opinion of fome of the men, and of the way, as a mod holy
people, and as a way wherein they {hould enjoy an heaven upon earth, a great
deale of love,holinefle, fweetneffe,comfort, &c. Now I have good hopes that
all fuclyipon the difcovering to them the dangerous Errours, Herefies,pernici-
ous practices that attend that way,will be recovered,and blefle God for delive
ring them from fuch a dangerous mare ; and I am perfwaded that all thofe who
.are fallen from us upon miftakes, that are not Dogmatifts, nor engaged to the
Sectarian
Sectarian partie upon points of credit, profit, intereft of relations, &c. and
{hall in the feare of God, and in humilitie read my firft and fecond Part of
G*Kgr<e*a, by the blefling and grace of Cod they will be a means to con
vert and bring them back to us j and I the rather infift upon this exhorta
tion, becaufe I find both in Hiftories, and in the 'experience of ourownc
times, that many Sectaries have been regained » : Id- ,c ? A i r»
,._,.•'. c , ,. 'Sculr. Annal.Dec.i.
IttnnesDtnkiut an Anabaptift and a great Schollar, Mclch Adam. vie. Mu-
was converted by Otc» Ump*ditH, * Obbt Philipfusn ffuli,pag.?77.
famous Anabaptift, yet recanted, and by an ingenu- Mukuli loci commun.
ous and free confefiion laid open the impoftures of d«Hzrefi,pag.tfn.-
his companions, and Thtodor. PMipp* out of the ?™TCS_ £a£er' *™
r r c^ii L. j j %« A babnitaru uoaor quern
perfwafion of Obbo afterwards repented. Many Ana- in colloquio Ambrofius
baptifts were reclaimed by learned Mnfeitlmt and gbureushfling^mviam
among the reft, one who was a Schollar, afterwards rcdmitj ScuUet.Annal.
being made a Minifter of the Church, fpent a great ^ec.i. .
deale of pains in converting the Anabapciih. And now in thefe times in
mine owne and other Minifters experience, fome who have been of that
way told us, they thought the Anabaptifts a moft holy people, which made
them to joyne with them, but now feeing their er-
rours and their loofe fc practices, what a wicked peo- b Vide Letter W7°>7i*
pie rfiey are, that hath caufed them to leave them. *\ 'W"*4t*rttf Gan«
And among the Independents I know fome * who ^Thfc perfau hive bent
haveforfaken the Church-way, and are returned to wtbmc,inJ»h*tiwrite»
our publike Affemblies. A Minifter of that way, and 1 fad from their swa
a Paftour of an Independent Church for fome years, »<«/** «^ rdat'ont , at
upon re-examination of his former grounds, and hoi- m**y lth'>r**l(ohwbad.
ding them up to the light by the word of God, and the writings of fome
Presbyterians giving grounds out of the word of God, faw the Indepen
dent way to be a garment full of holes, and from the factions divifions hee
faw in that way, and the ftrange opinions and errours that the members of
his Church run into, hee is turned Presbyterian, a Minifter of one of our
Congregations in England, and hath publikely in his Parifh Church given
God glorie, recanted, profefled his being humbled for being in the Inde
pendent way, and is a great Zealot for Prcsbyterie, and againft Indepen-
dencie. Another of that way, a good Schollar, Fellow of a Colledgc, mem
ber of an Independent Church in London, upon reading fome books againft
Independence, and other things he found in that way, left his Church, and
is a profcft Presbyterian : I could tell alfo of a School-mafter, member of a
Church in New-England, who is of our Churches now iince his coming
A further Difewtri of tkt Err ours
over; but I mufthaften, and unto ill theie examples for to ciufe you to re
turn, confider thcfe following particulars.
i. Stiy no longer in the way of Schiftne and Sepiration wherein thou art,
but upon all thefedifcoveriesof the Errours, Hereues, Blasphemies, &c of
the Sectaries leave them left God be provoked to leave thee to go a great way
further, then yet thou art, from Independency and Anabiptifee, to a See
ker, to Arriinifme, Antifcripturifme, yea, Blafphemy, and Athdfrne.
i. The Independent Church- way, is a way of errbur, confafion, divifion,.
« way that God never (hined upon nor bleffcdipiritually with the bkfiingof
edification, onenefle of heart, and peace in thdr Churches, but hath been a
bitter root of divifion, contentions, errours in all places of thcwoild whera
ever fuch Churches have been fetup, as in New-En^lmd, Holland, Hand of
Providence, the Summer Hands, Old England,
3. Come out f rom theie Sectaries, this Btbell, left bc'ng partakers of their
fins, you beparttkeitf oftJbeirplagues all®.; for dsefe S<r<?ts (as I hive flawed
you in the fecdad CortlUry > muft be idtfftpoy ed and icaft out : and not onely
out of this Church, but out of ail the C hri ft ian world , and that either as
theicfler Antichrifts, the fore-runners of the great Amichrift, or together
with him as a part of Amichrift, the tail of the Beatt ; and thcaall the friends
md lovers of Sectaries, the merchirrts who wete made rich, and traded in the
commodities of the Se&ades,: fliiilcaft duft-apiohi-their heads, and weep and
waile when they fee all that is comd upew ih'eoiii And for a conclufion of this
Corallary, I (hall wind it up with that fad and patheticall exhortation of
lA..Brigktma* to the Separatifts ot Ais time, applying it to our Sediries
now : - There is in the Church of England » twofold great good, the prea-
yching of the Worcf, and the-adminiftra^oo of the Sacraments, in either cf
* which Clmft in/parts himfelfe celebrating tmutuall feaft with them ; hee
8 is firft received of us by the heaving of the Word, then he doth igiinc re-
•ceiveus in the Supper of his body. Oweinoftbafe and unworthy ascftea
« as we fly away from hearing the Word I for we refufe Chrift our; Ghueft.
1 O we wicked defpifers as often as in the Sacrament with our brethren, wes
« withdraw our ftlves I for we defpife Chrift calling uf to the Supper. But
«thefe things are added for the fingular comfort of the godly. For -why would
wtfearf, **A with all fpeeAtlji>>k* *fflj**£ from this Church, Vfbc* they frculd
hcArc the condition of theft Mintftrs to he ft hue fall to Chrift 3 M thut in a
fiirte time, mlefte they repent, he would fptte them eut of his mw.b, fatef*
tkati»tbf words of Chrift- hiwfelfe thty had hen a fare A 9f communion
Chrift in tkat Ch*rch? Praift therefore to thee, 0
and Promises if the St&aries.
171
fpkcmus eft corum Er
ror, qiii fie ab hac Ecclc-
dcficiunt, quafi hinc
man€ntibus poffet.
Cogitcnt hie Cbnftum
coiwvantctn cum fuis.
An
An ^ fanrcs &
mundiores crust? Scd
qaarc fe non conym-
cunt fuo ipforum ufu?
prefcttly withdraw thy ftlfe, and deprive M (according to onr dtferts) effitv*-
tion* buiftM leaveft aplentifollftoreof thyfttic to all thttn'tifJao optnto thf
knoc'ki^f by thy w»rd, and do net contemn thj. moft graciow iwvhtfionlpy the $4-
«ramexts> Therefore it u a wicked andbMem*™ er- T -^ fcdcftas & MjU
reur of them who do ft for ft kf our Church, a if Chrift
were wholly gone from hence, neither coult there be any
hope of filiation to them who ft aid in it* *£&Lttthem
for them to fit dawae there Where they fee Chrifl it not
afiamed ? Are they he Iyer and purer thxn bte ? But
Vvhtrejore do they not convince themfelvcs by their owne
Thty canntt deny lut they fir ft beleevedin
before thtj made thit fiparation frtm w • was
this from preaching incur Church? But can any
man preach unit fe h: be fent Rom. 1 9.1 3 > W hy do they
therefore fe pervcrjly refufe the tVordjor fime blemifh
ef the external calling, whofe divine venue they feele
cur depravations from all faxlt, t Iran a true iffue of ones
body d«th adulterie : neither therefore mufl vte reft con
tented inthefe corruptions, or they fepar ate from ns for
(ome blemifbes. wherefore return yee to the uxitit ef
the Chftrch, which hath begotten andnourifhedyou : If
joufyc thi* Chrift, whofupsfvithkuElf&inoHrtsff-
fcmhlics, andlil^cwtfe entertains them at they him .truly
ywfijill find hint no tvhere cl(~e. And then fpeaking of
thofe who forfake our Church, he Vii&es/ov*tbepe of
mind to them that the] may return to the truth, whereby
they m*y avoyd that fttmfhment Vehich abides deserters aisinaittrisaB.ibuscx*
andrcvolters. Now if when the luke-warme Angell
was in our Church, and fo many corruptions of ce
remonies &c, that attended him, it was fo unlawfull
and dangerous to forfake this Church, and it was the
dutie of thofe that deferted us, to return, left the pu-
nifhment of revolters Ihould abide them : what then
is the fin of thofe who now forfake our' Aflcmblies,
fee up feparated Churches, when the luke-warme Angell is caft our, and all
his Attendants, and a godly xealous Minifterie is brought in, and the Ordi
nances adminiftred free from ceremonies and the inventions of men, and
Z 2 Difcipline
ercdidcrint, auam fccc.
runt a nobis ivortitim;
iindc hare fides ? Annon
« rar icatol in n°
poccani(i mittatur,
1 0,1 ^&c. (^umpbrctn
rcdire ad unhatem Ec-
« ^0$ genui t &
rcnietis< sir:1tis °en-
iant fupr]it4um
efei tores manct.
<pod
* 7* A further Di fewer it tf the Ernurs
Difcipline of Cenfures and Excommunication a fetting up ? O let all fuch
be exhorted to returneto the unity 6f the Church, that they may efcape
judgements both temporal!, fpirituall andeternall, and not be judged of
the Lord as revolters.
CORAL. VI.
J-jEnce then from all I have laid downe in the firft and fecond Paf t of (?,*«-
gr*n* of the Practices, Proceedings, and ways of the' Sectaries, we may
fee and obfervethe great difference between the carriage of the Indepen
dents, and our Brethren of Scotland : our Brethren of Scotland have been
conftant and true all along to their firft Principles,to the ends they alwayes
held out, to the grounds which they declared they went upon,to the Cove
nant they have taken, and that in every branch and part as well as fome, in
ftanding for the Kings honour and jiift greatneffcj&c.as well as ftanding for
their own Liberties ; in ftanding for uniformity in Doctrine, Worfhip, Dif-
cipline and Government in the three Kingdomes, as for prefervation of
their own, &c. andneither all their fufTerings, hardfhips, difficulties on the
one hand, nor alLthe offers, temptations, flatteries on the other hand, have
made them decline from their way, either in their owne Countrey, or firice
they have been in Covenant with us. I challenge any man in all this nine of
ten yeares of their troubles, to charge them juftly with falfnefle or breach of
Covenant in pretending one thing, and intending another, in forfaking for-
jner Principles, and.falitng upon new, according to any -advantages offered
them ,• but now the Independents ana-Sectaries have been inconftant, uncer
tain, and unftable-in all their, wayes, crying up and extolling our Brethren of
Scotland to the heavens, and afterwards as much cafting them downe, .pre
tending a regard to fome branches of the Covenant, as extirpating Popery
and Prelacy, but not minding others, as maintaining the Kings Honour, his
juft power and greatnejjfcjthe extirpating of here(ie,tchifm,the endeavouring
the ''nei'reft conjunction a^d uniformity between the three Kingdoms in Go
vernment, pifcipiine, $r. riot certain to any principles or ends they ^iave
propounded, except thofe of Anarchic, and pretended new light • not well
knowing what they would have,but changing their mjnds,and framing their
wayes according as they have feen their opportunities and advantages : And
becaufe I observe it'hath been one great part of the defigne'of the Sectaries,
yea and as the mainc midium to effect their ends by,the afperiing arid.reprba-
chingof the Scbts'(the Sectaries looking upon them at that which let'ttth.
*nd ftilllet ttfftik.it b? t*ks» v^r ofrht way ) which hath been therefore with
•all induftry; artifice and vigour profecuted ever fince the. battell at Mariton
Moore,..
if the Sttt wits. \ 7 5
Moore, and more efpccially fince the moulding or new modeil of the Army:
Ifhall therefore (to undeceive the people) as in the fight of God , out of
pure confciencc, fpeak a few things of our Brethren of Scotland, and fhovv
particularly fome differences between them and the Sectaries.
i. The Scots ft ill upon ail occtfions have uu proved and made ufe of all
victories, lucceflef, and ad vantages put into their hands (as the coming in of
the Kirg now to themj for the good of both Kingdouies, and for effecting
the ends declared in the CoTenant, not for anie particular ends, as to get pof-
feflienof Newatke,orto be revenged for a {fronts offered them, or injuries
done them by the Independent party, or to increafe divifions, jjalou(ies,d if-
contentsbcrwetn the Nations : But now the Sectaries have mide ufe of all
advantages, and of all ii'cccffcs they have had, and of all events that are fal
len out tor the increafe or tbeii ownpartie, and tftVfting tht-ir particular ends
divided from the intertftsot both Kingdoms, and the ends exp re fled in the
Covenant ; yea to increafe and further jealcufies, difcontents, differences
between the two Kingdcmes, by blowing up and aggravating upon all occa-
(ions all things againft the Scots, by railing againft and fpeaking tvill of the
Scots in all companies and places, by afperfing them in cnanie printed bookes,
(carefully fpread and difperfed abroad by the Sectaries) and by many fa-lfe re
ports and other dangerous infinuations agiinft the Scots vented in weekely
newes bookes fthe Penfioners of the Independent psrty) and panicuhrly
fince the Kings coming to the Scottiftiarmy, many things have beene rela
ted and fpoken of by the weekly Pamphleters, which reflect upon our Bre
thren of Scotland, and fome upon the Kings Majeftic (which muft needs
feemes ftracge and be verie offensive to all good and wife men) and fo much
the more, the King being cocne in, and in the Parliaments Quarters. lean-
not ftand to name the particulars, nor to animad r ert upon them now, but re-
fevre the Reader among others, to perufe AIcrcnriut Britanictu, numb. \ 30,
The Scotch Dcvt, nunt 134. Moderate Intelligencer, r,um. 61,6%. neither
iliill I much need to doe it, for I doubt not but they will recant ihortly,
and being merccnarie fellowes, wee (hall dc them within a few weekes
ring the chang- s. t
i, Our Brethren of Scotland have borne with much puience and long-
fuftdiing, quKtccOe of fpirit and humili;ie, infinifereprorches, evill ipeakings
•gainftin (Jtv, Countrev, byallioitsof Sectaries, pitted by alfo manie af
fronts, negk<fo, abufes offered them ; and whenrrunie things in this King-
dotr.ehave goneirolVeto their delires, hopes, and the KeTormation they ex-
peeked, and divers things havj fucccded to the content anddefireofthe Se-
c^aries^yet they have put up all, waiting upan God for a. change,, faid little.;
neither
1 74 A father Difcovery of the Errwrs
neither the Commifltoners for SctHl*n.d, nor anie particular pcrfon of their
Nation hiring put forth intemperate books againft thofc whom they concei
ved the Authours and chief Engines in thefe matters, buthave borne to ad
miration (confidering they left their peace, and incurred the difpleafure of
their native King to come in to our help, and lay under fuch great fufcrings in
their owne CountreyJ all theevill funnifings, fcandalls, reports, jealoufies
raifed of them, difgraces and (corns, without anie breaking forth. But now
the Sectaries, upon everie little occafion of being crofiedin their way, as by
Ordinances coming forth againft anie of their principles and practices, (though
God kno wes they have been little put in execution) by calling in qucftion any
of their partie, though moft defcrvedly and j uftly, by petitions put up againft
the Sectaries, how proud, how impatient have they beene? what ftrange
words have they given out ? what meetings have they had ? and what railing
Pamphlets hive been written one upon another, againft Parliament, Affeai-
bly, Citie.
3 . The Scots upon all occafions and opportunities have becnc forward foe
peace, moving for peace and the fettlemcnt of the Church, defirous of Propo-
fitions to be fcnt to his Majcftie : Bat now manie Sectaries could not endure
to hcare of peace, nor of the Kings coining in, nor of the fettlementtof the
Church, they have looked fo much to their particular ends of profit, increafc
of their party while things were unfetled, that they have al waits exprcfled
themielves to the contrary, fearing their way could not thrive nor ftand, if
once things (hould come to be fetled, and the Government and the psace con.
eluded of. Manie more differences might be fho wne between them ; bat I
muft draw to an end, and the underftanding Render may by thefe eafily hint
«t more, and it concernes the whole Kingdom now at this tiine wifely to con-
iider and lay things together concerning the different carriageofour Brethren
of Scotland and the Se&tries, that io a good underfhnding may be between
the two Nations for the putting a fpeedy end to our troubles and diftractibns
in Church and State, and that we may not by mif-under (landing of things,
nourifhing jetloufies, beleeving falfe reports, ferve the defignes of fome parti-
colsr men, to put us into a ne^v vvarre, and occafion new differences now that
(blctrcdbeGod) our worke is even done, and the (hip richly laden come into
thehaven, And to ftop the mouths of Sed tries and Maltgnants forever, and
to pofleffe us ot the reality, honefty, faith fulnefle of our Brethren of Scotland,
-confider but what we have found them all along experimentally from ficft to
laft, and let any man inftincc (if he can; in any one aftion, from the beginning
of our troubles, wherein the State ot Scotland hath broken with us, or b?ene
unfaithfull ; Their going out of this Ki.igdooie to thdr own Countrey when
O fj • U - - - -- ... - _ . . _„ _ .^_. . . . m,
they
And Practices of the Stftayics. 175
_ __ _ - —
they had been in England about the fpace of tyeire with their good carriage
in the Ltnd, and upon going home, isknowne unto all and contend; ind
w»< a rc-sll confurrion rf many evili furmifes agsinft them in thok times.
When they were defired ^ Lf( u,n9Wrelcj}fgrtt, gur hearts 3rd kwds unto our srethex
to come into this King- ef SM /.Md,/«w ctmettpfttKyttnt '**** "
dome, then they were a
jnoft -rthy Nacion, a
Nation that God loved
and honoured, and that *:,nti,Atii united th?*o{l frmiy of wp-o^ <•'"*'' *><***'•
of the Citieand King- 'f.^.^i^am.H^a^us^bo^^it tbi*gshA<tved»*efrfore
dome proclaimed them ^, »«,.•! ^Jt'«o» ««^-^ btthiigigeditft-
s thcviliewcd r^>/i»r^^^^^^r,^fy
ftirhfu i o^laceoftbeeartbbvhdo.e; mthe^joj
thernfelves a faithful « Jlb.£ttaittjil Gad. pwingfatb for
people, m returning t^rfHrfat<wtljcrwubtheir<(n,c»a*::*g' ^ lottos thit
back to their Countrcv, rtft*(d}btwlto*t* ftfraUt'W*'"1'™
and are confeflcd a wo'r- &<*»•?* the ™U have *>*r. M*f
,i*n Jut-drift v»/c in bother rviy t!-cn ever per, pie ha e
thy people at the time . >v ^ 2^^Z^^^^^^^--f '^^f--
of thcircommg in,fo in ffffi^Mteb «iw^ *"»> ^^ tb'J brc^tb,c
their coming m in the 'ict M^t!intbetnr^3 &d0ifcmfit<ba»ajMtbti*9,fort.
deDthof winter,wading puUiH.dwneef ibc mxiofff*. Atr.B*rroH& Speed delivered
lip to the neck in wa- jtfMt&^U^-"*^
(how, and fo in all the time they have been in this
i-kn mnunrams or ice ana mow, auu iw "i -• .,.
L I 1.1 /-_„,-» /_y-k/-«|y"V
1 76 A fut tktr Difcoverie of the En curs
Newark as the fubftance, as that the Kings partie (hould repaire to him, yea,
that the Newark Army was foyned to the Scots, as that they would protect
Delinquents and Malignants againftthe Parliament, that they would keep
the King, and require a ranfome for him, and make ufe of him for their own
dtfignes, and fuch like • whereas we fee they would not meddle with New
ark, but profefTed, if it were given into their hands one howre, the next hour
V-dc Szots late Declare tneV wou^ furrcnder it to the Engliihfor the Par-
tkn liament; they have not differed any who have been
I few fame Latin writ- in Arms,or ill affected againft the Parliament,to come
wbtciyfrm TUsncaflie to his Majeftie, have taken order to difcourage all
2r P J ,t' ** 7 Malignants, have commanded obedience to all Ordi-
M r. P- and others , who b r ^ i • VT 1
$e«lt wb of the ixtezri. nanccs of Parliament, even at Newcaitle where the
lie *»dfMtbfui*tfll tfthe Kings perfon is, and have made afe of the Kings com-
Scit\, and that they fk/er ing to them,to perfwade wth him for a fpeedy fetlin g
not a mm ill a$acd ta of Religion and Peace in both Kingdoms. God in
XSS&T.Z? h's «onderfnll providence gave the Kmg to them for
this end among others to lhame their adverianes, and
to ftop the mouths of all gain-fayers, that he might bring forth their righte-
oufneflfe as the light, and their judgement as the noon-day, and might ho
nour them before all the world : So that I may fay of them in the words of
Mr. Burroughs, pag.ip. of his fpeech at Guild-Hall, upon the coming in of
our Brethren of Scotland. A Nation ih*t God hath honoured, by %ivin£ A*
glorious fucccfte nr.tO) M ever be did unto Any • Vehoft low *ndme*n hfginmngt
he hath raifed 1 1 tu qrrit A bright , at ever low beglnniv^s in any Ccttxtrcj Vferr,
( How hath God diflipated and blafted the counfels of their Adverfaries >
'How hath he difcovead all their treacheries? although they be in thenr-
e felves (comparatively at leaft) a poore people and of little ftrength (as the
* Church of Philadelphia was) yet they have kept the word of Gods pati-
6 ence, and God hath kept them in the ho ure of temptation ; God therfore
' is with them. Well, I fay it is happie for England,that we are joyued with
them in Covenant, for we needed them as much now as ever before, and we
are as much beholding to them in regard of our divifions, many of us not
knowing what we would have ; and in regard of the many Sectaries among
us, and the height they have rifen unto, as ever we were before,for their help
againft the Popiih, Prelaticall, and Malignant partie ; and therefore happie
England, both for the prefent and for the future, that now wee are coming
to a Peace, we are fo joyned and wrapped up in Covenant with Scotland,
that the Peace and Vnion is not of England alone, buc of boU\ Kingdoms ;
and
**d Pra#i((s tf tbt sectaries, \ 77
tnd that this is our advantage I fhall commend to the Readers confidcmiom
fome particulars out of the Speeches of Mr.Solicitor, a prime able Member
*f the Houfeof Commons, and Mr. Bum** in a chiefe man among the
diflenttng Brethren, Mr. Solicitor fpeaking of the benefits that will redound
to this Kmgdomc , and the advantage we (ball hare by a nearer Aflfociatioa
with the Scots, and by their coming m to this purpoie for our afliftance,
froweth chat certainly they are many.
The thtrdit th*9thatwloe9fie*erwe doeeometo 4 Peace, when Gods time
ucomf, that we /halt have ««<•> jet their €oming4n, in til prolnb.liij it Wdf
WAttft m to have * better t a furor, **<* a better grounded Peacf, then if they
doe not time in. Andlikewije what ft Aft foever we have, that it wiH be prrpe-*
tutted, and be thefeeurerfor »u And ear pvfterity to reap the bcnffit of it. B*l
hotv it it likf to be, Vrken there flt*& *ot 9nelj be §ttr ovrne Kix^dome, but a firs*
tber Kingdom*, <•» entire Kittgdome, tn* of tk* fcme Rcit^ii* with tis, e*t
th/tr hves their liberties M T*tU***et when they fh ill bee >ȣ*i*di* point of
inter r ft mthw , nbenthe ftme L«*>,thefime dtts «j PArlitmmt tk*t flj»ll
compofe the dtferences, when if it be broke* on our parts i* **j thing that con-
terntsMi,thej eunnot conceive fat thtt it m*f be their cjfe the nexid*j9be»
cattfc it *ll depends upon one L*»* one *nd the fim< title, **d their interest u
the fime ; So th/tt if there were nothing ef/t in it, tmt th*t we were likf to k*t>t
th b.trer pc«cc and on better termer, *nd whatever it be 'tie lively to bee
krpt the b'tter to ut *nd ettr pofleritie , if nothing elfe totrt in it , that were
much to onr advantage :fo?eij if by ftme conjider*i>le fnmme of money , wet
might have brought i*> and have them M the end of thu Peace, and inter*-
fedin it M Well w ourfelves. Mafer Burroughs fiith, how happy Jbo*Jd wee
be , if wee might have them en 4 meere union with w ? <sfnd a people that
ktve carried themfclves with M great honour *nd fatttofulntff, with M great
wifdvme *nd order in themof difficult Work* that ever afetfle didunderfujyt
in thofe by and intricate patbt that were before untrodden. Certainely, that
they undertooke at the beginning of their worke, but a few years Jince, it could
not but bee looked upon^itb the eye of reapn, a* the mo ft MnJtkffy wtrkf. «f
ver to have proceeded, M My worke hath ever done, and yet ho*t hath the
JLordbten with them, and with what wifdome andfraeioufarft'e have ihej carri~
edit. So that from the consideration of all I have faid in this Coralkrjr
and from thefe paiTages in thefe fpeeches, tis good by all meanes to preferve
the union of England and Scotland, and feeing we (hall be fo happy in a
neerc union, and God is fo much with them, and carries them thorough
with fo much wiidom? and gracioufoefTc, »nd ihit wee $wli have the
A a ktter
A further DJ fewer it &f
fetter Peace, and hive it the better kept, by having them at the tjnd ,of it,
and intereibd in ic-its wdlasour felves • let's hearken to no SeAines nor
Independents filfe furmilngs, evill reports, and . fcandalls,,caft upon ous
Brethf en of Sqotlaad,but pray *ad feekpy ^Ii means a more near union an4
communion betweene that Kingdoms and enis, for there i$ a blefling in
them; and for my part I had a great deak racher fall and periili (if the
will of God were fo) with the Kingdome of Scotland, and the Presbyte-,
rian party in England, ftanding for the Covenant and the truth profetfed'
in all the Reformed Churches , then to grow and flourish for awhile with
the Seclaries ftanding for a Toleration of all Se£fc and Opinions, yea,
then to be a King among them, as John of Lejdem was at Munfter.
F I N I S.
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Mitjt goe in finding out the Contents fpecififd ;» thefe foSowi g Tables.
The fir ft Tablf (beVeing the Content t or thr fis
66. pt*gcs, bt fides the Preface, u at
ifiuit, cortjiftlrgof
TTHe Authors Preface, wherein are
dc..wn the^e Particular*, i .The
A ut hours long exportation of a
Rr ply to his Antnyilogi* , accor
ding to the great words given out,
t>f , a Reply by the Independent
^Party. 2 The reifon of his fe
long filence, and difcontinuancc
fiom the Pretfe. 3 His purpofe
and refolution of cfcen coming into
the Pre{Te%ft)r% the/time to come.
4 The Mthburs account to the
Reader of the nature of the prefent
Book,and hi« (cope therein. 5 The
hatred, malignity ,rcproaches from
the world, yea miiconftruftions
from fricrds , which Minifters
who appealed igainft the errors of
the times have nnet wnh,as Chrift,
the Apotllts, Fithers, AtbanA/tus,
Aug»ft<n', Htrr*m ; modern Wri
ter- ,*S Luther, Ztfinr lifts, Calvi*.
6. riui unJauritca courage, con-
itinc>, in gdiijf (Tntgainft errours,
nofwitbftsnding all their fuffjr-
ings. 7 The Authors preparati
on, and expedition of all kind of
reproaches and oppofitions from
the Sefttries in this work. 8 His
firm rdolution ( by the grace of
God) not to feare nor be difcoura-
ged in this work, but having fuck t
cloud ef witneffes, to follow their
example, and to goe on with the
more earneftnefle,acl:ivity andcou*-
rage, the more he is oppofed.
In the Book it (elf in the firft ,DivifI-
on,pag.'x. are preonifed fome parti
culars ror the better under ftanding
of this Book.
The Catalogue of Errourf &c. is not
of old .ErrprV, opinions of a foTcfier
age, bfcfof Errours noUr in being
in thcfe prefent tines, pag. r , 4 .
Though 'tis riot a full catalogue, ancf
perttft enumeration of til errone
ous opinions &c. of thefe times,yet
'tis the fulleft thit htth yet been
oja.de, p.*. The
The intent of this work,not a formal
confutation of errours, and opi
nions, but a difcovery of them,
Errors and {Iran ge .opinions fcattered
up and down, and vented in many
Bookes, Manufcripts, Sermons,
Conferences, drawne into one
Table, and difpofed under certain
heads, p.}. 4.
The errours and opinions contained
in this book are laid down in ttrmi-
saif} in their own words andphra-
fes, as neare as poifibie can bee,
pag.4-
The way laid downe of the proofe
of the truth and reality of the er
rours blafphemies, &c. contained
in this Traclate, and that by a fe-
venfold way, p.4,5/.
All the errours and opinions menti
oned in one, and the fame Cata
logue notall alike,p.7,r
The Reader is fore-warned not to;be
Kindred from bdecving the truth
of things contained in thisBdok,
by ail the clamours and reproa
ches caft upon it,p.8.
Three Anfwers given to the firft ob-
jedion that. may be againft this
Book, as that it "is" not ieafonable,
nor convenient, to difcover our
nakedhefle, and w eaknCffe, ;fi> far
to the common enemy, ''
many good perfons that are not
Sectaries, pi i ,12*
Hie errours , herefies, &c. of the
times refered to fixteen heads, or
fores of Sectaries, p.i 3.
Among all thefe forts of SecTs, there
is hardly to bee found any Sedl
that is (imple and without mixr
ture,but all the Seels are compoun-
All thefe forts of feds, how different
foever, yet all agree in feparating
from our Church, and in Indepen-
cy, being all Independents and
Separatists, p.i4.
The nrft Independent Minifters that
we read of in Antiquitie,and how
they were proceeded againft hi a
Councel held at Carthage,p.i4,i 5
Some of the errors and opinions laid,'
down in this Catalogue are con
trary and contradidorie to others
of them, p.i 5.
The Catalogue of the Errours He-
refies contained in p. 15,1^,17,18,
17
The blafphemies of tme Sedaries^p.
32,33,^4.
Some paflages in the Prayers of the
Eoure Anfwrs. to. a
made againft this book, that it may
caufe diltradlibns and diviiions a- •
njong our.ieiVe^ and may
A Parallel between our Sectaries and
the Donatifts, agreeing in the par-
ticula-rsp.37,38,??.
The Sectaries and Jefuits agree In
7.thihgs,p.4c,4i .
The Sectaries and the Netherhnd
Arminians.?"gree: in thefe eight
particulars, p:.tT;42043.
•*•*• or .-»•-, *».W'-. * •
» ' A
A parallel! between the Bifhops, and
that Court-party heretofore , and
the prefent Sectaries, in fix things,
V-WA4A1-
The Sectaries and Malignants agree
both in the generall, and in three.
particulars, p. 45, 4^,47,48.
The Se&arks like Julian theApofta-
ta, and fome other enemies of
Chriftians,in four things, p-48-49.
The difference in the carriage and be
haviour thefe foure years lait pafr,
all along, of the Presbyterians
both to the honourable Houfes,
and to the Sectaries ; and of the
Sectaries to the Parliament, and to
the Presbyt.-jrian?,4p, 50, 5 1,5 2,5 3.
The Sectaries practices and wayes re
ferred to ten heads, p;54.
Some of their particular practices na
med, to the number of 28. and
laid down in pag-54, 55,5^- &c.un-
10(6.
An Anfwer to an Objection,what are
practices of fome men,and matters
of fact to a way , it is arguments
muft convince men, and not pra
ctices, p. 6f,
cf the
Cord
the
of the f-ft
e
Foure Letters written concerning the
Sectaries, from p.:- to p.p.
Ahimadverfibns on the laft Letter,
p.<?.IC.T I.
An bxtrait of certaine Letters writ-
ten by fome Mimitcrs; concerning
Sectariesjfrom p.i2, to p.i8.
A relation of fome women preachers
and oftheirdoctrine,2p,3o,3i,32.
A relation of fome ftories and remar
kable paflages concerning the
Sects, from p. 17, to p,42»
An Extract of 2.Letters more,42,4g.
Some more remarkable paflfages
$ concerning the Sectaries, from
p.44,top-52.
Sectaries annointing of the fick with
oyl,p.M4-
ALove-Feaft kept by fome Sectaries,
with the laying on of hands upon
their Members , for receiving of
theHolyGhoft,p.45.
A petition drawne up by fome Citi
zens, preached againft by Mafter
Grcenhill and M.Burroughs, pag.
4?>4^
Adifcourfe bctweene Mr.Greenhid
and M. Burroughs upon occafion
of fome wicked opinions main
tained in the hearing of M.Green-
hill,p.25.
The great evill and mifchicfofa
Church being long without a Go-
vernment,p,52,53-
Tis more then time to fettle the Go
vernment and Difcipline of the-
Church, the many Errors,Blafphe-
raics cry aloud for a fpeedy fetiing
of Church Government, 5 3,54, 5 5.
The mifchcif, evill and danger of a
Tolerarioa and pretended liberty
of Confcience to this Kingdoms
and how a Toleration is the grand
derigne of the Devil , his mafter-
peect & chief cngmc.57,58, ^/c.
Inucpcndercy.
The
If;dcpOiGUiClC li) Jb.igUuU iiJUti
brought forth in a few years mon-
fters of errours. A Independency
is the Mother and O i^i <*11 of o-
ther Sidts, fo iti* the Nurfe snd
Patronefle that nurfes and fafe-
guards them., p. 6 [,52.
lA.Bttrtan who was ib zealous againfl:
ErrourF, Armini*nifme, Innovati
ons, in the B'fh -ps days, can now
lettalfe Do&un.s go unqueftion-
ed, not writing agtinft, nor com
plaining to the Pailiarrunt of Ser
mons, Books, wherein all kind of
falie Dofti ine is venicd, 62 ,63,64.
Theconfuti jn1- and miiChiefs we lye
under, chtrged upon the conicien-
Ct'S of the Independents , *$ ha
ving been the great means of hin-
dring and deliying the fe»Iifg of
Church-govcrnn ent, p«g 6$ 65.
TheDivtil an ad.ve icftlcik l:.b'.ill
Spirit, when he cm no longer doe
things one way, then he w =.11 try a-
nother,p?g 65 66", 67,68.
New light and new trutns a weake
and deceitfull Argument to com
mend any way or opinion, by all
errours vented under this of new
•light, p.68.
The true reafon and caufe of that great
growth and increafe of the St&i-
ries among us. and fo few falling to
the Presbyterians, is beciuie the
Seft tries opinions and ptaftifes,
are to pleafiag to fl:fh,atid bloody
•nd fundry ptrticuins are inftanced
in, that feed the ctratli hearts of
men, p.6p,70.
Ait Apuj.ogic aua Juit. ties 1^11 i.jtti-
cientiorthafe Miniders and peo
ple who are zealous for fetHng Re-
ligian , and cry out for Govern-
menr, p.yo .71.72.
The Sectaries area fubrill, cunning,
ad; ve, nimble, dtceiifu!!, l( -if lee-
king, plotting, undermining gene-^
ration,and we hay? ciuCc to lu pc<ft
them in everic thing, to fcs e them
yeelding,and to feare the;n fl nig,
and to look about us in all nhde of
tranfadtions wich theoi p 73.
Many moderate men both Mi .ift^rs
and others, by their ind fF ci.cia
compliance, a.id fa vouiiijg tiic Se
ctaries, have done much hurt, and
been a great caufe of the evi;'s iad
mifchidfs that lye upon us, p 7 j.,
The tad and dangerous condition Eng
land is in at prtifenr,in regard of tne
Herefies, E rours, Blafphemic^,
and Dilodery,p.7y.
England is in a tar worfe condition
then in the late tirr.e of the Prelats,
tnd that both in regard of the cor-
. ruption of the Doclrine of Religi
on, and in regard '?f Tokrttijii of
all Religion sp 76,77.
Englands condition to tad in regird
of the errours hertjfies from twelve
circucnftr c?s that accompania
Errours and wicKcd opinions arc
worfe then the f word, p. 81.
EerroursHcfrcfies, are a greater evill
then bad life and wicked manners,
p.8*.
Remediefand diredions given both
to
to Minifters, Migift rates and Peo-
pl?,futable to the condition of this
Kingdom?, in rtfertnc? to the Er-
rouri and H-r^ fi-s among u$,p.83.
Minifters muft fet themlcvjs as to
wirntfl"- for truth agiinft Errou-s,
fo in a fp ci all manner ag unft a To
leration, and many inftauccs a.e gi
ven both of the Fathers, moderne
Divines, and of BiChops, and Mi-
r.ifte-s among onr (Vlves cpp >finc;
Toleration, p.8>; 85, 87, 88, 89,
90,91.
MiKilttrs fliould sg-ee together, to
make 2 R -monftrancc of ili the er
rors herefies,bhfph«nies, fchifms,
infolcncies, tumults of the Sefts-
liei that have bicn inE g'ind theie
five lift yeares,p 93.
The Maciftratts from the confiden-
' tion of allthec-irou-rs,here/ies,bhf-
phcmies, &c. fliould appoint. and
command a folemne gcncrall Faft
to bee kept throughout the King-
dome for this very end, that tfce
Land might be humbled }and mourn
for thefc hercfies, blafphemies, tnd
for the great growth, and too much
fuffering of them, and for the fear-
fuU breach of our folemne Cove
nant with God, p. 9;. 96,97.
The Magiftrates (ruuid coin:: sand the
folemne renewing c f the Nitionall
Covenant upon fuch a Faflinc;- day,
and command in the clofe of iuch
Fafting daies the wicked bookes
printed ef late y cares (lome where
of have been licenfd) to be openly
burnt ,p. 97.
The Magiftrates fliould put ontfome
Declaration agtinft the errors and
wait* of the Setfhiits, as their ftn-
ding E i- i(Tiric$ into all parts of the
Kingdome, to poifon the Coun-
treyes, and fhtuld execute exem
plary punifli menf , upon fom of the
inoft notorious Sccliries and jfedu-
,.
Private Chriftians muft take heed
of going torthe Sectaries Conven
ticles to heare them preach and ex-
crcife, their private meeting^ arc
the nurfetjcs of all errours and he-,
refits, veric Peft Houks,p,9p.
Error is a vaft thing without tli bank,
or botto?ne,Errour knows no end,
nor where to ftiy ,p.i oo, 1 01.
The benefit tnd excellencies of, the
Presbyteriall Government, t/«,.
preventing and keeping out errors,
and as ioone as errcurs doe but
peep out, plucking them up,p. 102.
Some of the Sectaries of our times arc
worfe enemies to the truth, then
.,.,.J
Some additionall errours laid downe,
p, 104, and inp. iio,ni,ii».
An Extraft of another Letter, con
cerning the Sefts,p. 113.
Two Letters, one of the preaching
woman, Mrs. Att*#*jto Willi?-**
Icnney^ another of William len-
»tj to hit wife, prefently upon his
going away from his wife With
ThcTdlt.
• • • r • ' • • • • -i
A third T*blet containing the ntmes One Miil r, p. 3 6.
And relations of the principall Ring" Kiffin an aftive Anabaptift , p. jf,
lenders of corrupt opi^itns *»A Er- 37»44»
rottrt in the f'ft P*rt tf One Patience t^,^j.
Thomas Mtare, p. 3 8.
;P**lBefts horrid blifphemies,p, 3 3 . One Walmn, p-3 8.
of the firft Divifiun of the firtt Lievtenant.Colonell L'lkttrxc, p.^^
Part. 47.ofthefirftD(yiIion, andp.38.
M.Heitrj Den p/*.of the fecond Di- of thefccend Divifion.
yifi'*n, p. 22,23.10^106. of the M. Baton fometimec of (Slocefter,
fame Divifion. p. 3 8,
John Hifbj p. it, 19. of the fecond M.tf^W-r, the Licenfer-GenetalJ of
Divifion. the Bookes of the Sectaries ^ p.
Laurtncf Ctar^son his Petition, Re. 38.30
carnation, p. ip> 20 • ef the fecond One &«***& • great Antinoouan, p.
Divifion of the firft part of GM- |f
T^»»M.f ffV£,p.n, aa. of the fecond M.jP^f<rr/,p.~fo, 41,41, 10^, 107. r
D vifion of the firft part. One Barber, p.^ 5 .
M.-Erf *rj that lited in ^Wales, p.«4i M /»^»» (7W v«w, */MI Crete* fisfti
One Nickel/*, p.»4 15. 3^ ^7 ^3. of th? firft Divifion.
One Aftrflull a Bncklty er,p. a ^t O >c Cc/<r?> <•, p. r o y .
Clement Wright ert^^jtit. Mrt. <sftt*vf*j ,p, 31 , |a , IIjJ
Captain ?<*/ Hotf*nt , p. 33,34. 1141*15.
One £<<•» an Anabaptift, p. 3 y . O*ic IT^MI /^»w» ,1
>3JJ<J.
A TABLE of the main matters contained
in the Second Part o
^ He Preface.
Addhionall Errours to
the former Catalogue
of Errours, Herefie?,/ug.
1,2, 3, 11^,117
A relation of a Monfter born of Pa
rents that are Seftaries. p. 4
An extract of three Letter?, p. 3,4,5
A relation of fome paflages of a Lieu
tenant a great Seftary . p> 5
A relation of fome ftoriea and remark
able paftages concerning the Stfta-
ries from p. 6. top. u
A Hymn of fome of the Sectaries, p.
11. 12
A Disputation held at the Spkle, about
the Immortality of the foule by
(bme Anabap; ifts. /. 14, r 5
A Copie of a Letter fent out of Suf-
An extract of a Letter. ^,18,19.
The proof of a Woman Preacher at
Brafteect, and the confutation of Mr.
Saltmarfies boldneffe in denying it.
^.20.87
A difcovery of Walwyn to be a dange
rous and defperate man, a pleader
for all Religions,&c, p. 2 1,2 2,23
A proof of Lieutenant Colonel LU-
bttrns playing at Cards p. 24
A difcovery of the fpirit of Mr. John
Goodwin, alias, Cre/««/r/..
The reafon of Cretenps falling to Inde
pendency f-1.6
Sixteen obfervations uponCref«B/w,or
a brief Anfwer from p.2j top. 36
The true Reafons why the Sectaries
called Mr. Edwards Firft Part of
Gangr.tva aBook of lyes,whereas 'cis
proved ro be a Book full of truth.
A Letter fent Mr. Edtvardr rubfcribed
by the hands of 28 Minifters;giving
him thanks , and witnefTing to the
Firft Part ot Gangr£na. p.ty
Cretcrjfijbls two challenges accepted,
and his glove taken up both the firft
and fecond t i me p. 4 r. ^ 2
Reafbns given why the names of the
men who writ Letters were con
cealed, with a di(cavery now of the
names of tho(e who writ Letters, p*
26,27.43,44,45
Two other challenges of Creteufi ta-
ken,and he challenged to make good
his challenges. ^.46,47
Independents preaching to bare walls
and pewes as much as Presbyteri
ans, p. $i.
Tnebitternefle,bloudineffe which Cre-
tenfis charges upon Mr. Edwards?.
will bs found in Crctenfs and the
Seftarie?. p. 54, 55
Crttenjt/ Errour about Imputation of
Eh
THE TABLE.
Faith,andnot Imputation ofChrifts
righteoufnefie, with his quoting of
Cjh'iff, Bttcer, and others for him
v;ho are known ex profeffo robe a-
gaiaft him., made good againft him
P.tffyfiB
Ci-ettnjjs defperate paflage jn a Sermon
againft the Parliament, which he la*
hours to clear himfelf from , made
good againft him, with his and o
therSeftariesfpeaking flighrly and
(eo "nfully ofthe Parliament. p.
5.P>6o,5i562
'Creten/ts bowling on a day of publike
Tnankfgiving made good. /?. 63,64
The Errcurs ard PrucYifcs of the In
dependents and Sectaries juftly
brought againft them. to prove
their way to be naught, p. 65,66
andin'Epift. to the Reader. ^.2,3
A clear confutation of that accufttion
caftupon the Author of ihe Book
cntituled G Migrant, concerning his
indirect walking between Dunmowe
utidGodalming. p. 67,6856970
A clear vindication ofthe truth of that
ftory of NIC bo 1>M * fet GrrenbiU^and
Maftcr Burroughs related in the fir ft
part of Gjngr£nj, with adifcovery
of the Jugling and equivocations of
'Mifter Burroughs writing .given un-
elerhis hand to fcntenfa.. p. 71,72
73'74)7^7^77-^8^79
Mafttr "Burroughs re(embled by Creten-
fis to Adillts, and Mailer Edwards
to Trcilufy where fee Matter Ed-
ward* anfwer to that comparifon. p.
80, 8 1
A Reply to that paflage of Mafter Ed
vcardj being charged to abafe Mr.
EHif ot Colchejler^nd thefervantsaf
God in thofe part?. p. g i ,8 2
A full proof of fuch a Stftary as Tfa*
mat C#/00r«} though denied by C>-e-
tenfir. p. g 6
Ifai ftrength of malice, and weaknefle
of judgement which -Crctenfis hath
manifefted againft the Saints, p. 87,
8S
Cretenfis his fearfull abufing of ilu Ho
nourable Court of Common Coun-
cell. p. 89.90,
The clearing of that relation of one
Cofens of Roche fier, and the confuta
tion offittmfit Anfwer in that bu-
finefle. p.^.top.io^
Cfttenfis his folly and horrible pride
discovered in profefliog he had not
read one quarter or' the Book as yet;
nor knowes whether he fhallevcr
care to read it through or no. p. i c 8
Some brief Animadversions on Mafter
B -icons Book and one Wd>bt p, 1 09.
11341143 rj5
Some P radices of the Seftaiie?. .11
A relation of Tome more ftories and re
markable paflfages concerning the
St ftaries. p, j 19 to p. 1 25
The fumme of a Sermon preached by a
Se&ary a Surgeon belonging to the
Army. p. 125,126
A Ballad made by the Se&arks ofthe
A flembly of Divines. £.128
The AfTemtlies laft Petition anfwered
by Saltmarfh, with the Anagram
upon his name M. al's trap. p« 1 2 9
A Letter of advice to the Minifters A£
(embled
THE TABLE.
fembled at JF*/Zmi«/fcr, with the Se-
ftaries threatning of them. />. 129
A confutation of the Pifture nude of
the Presbyterians by the Se&aries.
p. 130,131,132
Copies of Letters and fome Extrafts of
Letters concerning the Se£b, from
p. 133 to p. 142. more particularly a
Letter from a learned Divine be
yond the Seas, (hewing how London
goes beyond *slmfterAjt» in Errours
and Here fies p. 13^
A horrid and unheard of Blafphemy of
one Jf.'Bi'giv a great Se&ary. p.i 34
A ftory of a Seftary maintaining that
he was Jefus Chrift. p. 142
A cleere difcovery how farre the Sefta-
rits of this time have proceeded
and how hi^h they hive rifen./M45
146,147
A cleere difcovery of what is like to be
come of the St&iri.s, and of their
way. />. 148
Eight fymptoms of the certain ruine
and downfall of the Sectaries, from
.;> itftop. 159
God will honour our Brethren of Scot-
Imd to nuke them a great means of
the fall ng of the Sectaries, with the
proof of ;ha-. p. t $o,i>'o, 161
Adi^c jvery of the great evill and (in
of fepuracion from the communion
of the reformed Churches, p, 161,
162,1153,164
MigiHratcs, Minifters, and all forts of
ChriiHms have been afleep.and too j
careleile, that (bin my Tares have I
been fowen, and are grown to fuch |
an head. ^-1641
FIN
An exhortation to all thofein Authori
ty, Kings, Parliaments, and all forts
of Governours in high places to
fer ve the Lord with feare , to kiffe
the Son. f. 165,166
An exhortation to fome particular
members of Parliament who are for
pretended liberty of conicience, and
favourers of Se&mes. ;>. i 67
An exhortation to all thole who have
forfaken thepublike Afl^mblies to re-
turne. p. u8
Some eximples of Anabaprifts and In
dependents who had forfaken the
communion of this and other Re
formed Churches repenting and re
turning, p. i6p
The great difference between c'-;e car
riage or the Independents, and our
Brethren of Scotland, p. 1 72 and the
particulars inrtanccd in p. 173,174
The fairhfulneflfc and reality of our
Biechrenof.SVtff/jtf^ towards us all
along from firft to laft. p. 174,175.
176 i
Theliappinesof England in being py- 1
ned with them in Covenant, as in o- f
ther refpefts, (b that whenfoever we
mal come to have a Peace^in al pro
bability it will caucus to have a
better,-* furer and a better grounded
Peace. p. 176,177
The names of fome Ringleaders of Fa-
cVion and of Errours not named ia
the Table of the firft part of Gut-
gratia. Mr, SaltmiY^j. ^.20.87. 1 24
Mr.Durance p.* 2 4. 1 5 r. r 44. One Thv.
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